The Mendenhall Glacier

This is a wonderful impressionistic landscape oil painting of the Mendenhall Glacier in Alaska.

This painting was created from a picture in a book.  I was working on the use of pallet knives for working oil paints onto canvas.  I found these mountains to be a good test for the discovery process.  This is a famous glacier that is a favorite tourist spot and is located somewhere in Alaska.

The painting really gives you the feeling of a cold and frozen environment. The use of the cool dark hues and the suggestion of snow and frozen ice both convey the coolness of the oil painting.