Michael Ayrton, The Arkville Maze Model, Catskill Mountains, 1963

Kaaterskill falls, New York.

After the snowfall by Anton de Flon Via Flickr: Sublime light at sunset as Olderbark Mountain is flanked by clouds, his nose aglow facing the last moments of sunlight.

Asher Brown Durand climbed into the Catskills in July 1857 and spent part of the day drawing a single tree. The inscription - "Catskill Mts. July 24th" - turns the sketch into something almost diary-like: proof of one quiet encounter between an artist and a landscape. Durand believed painters should study nature directly, patiently, without spectacle. In this "Tree Study", you can feel that philosophy happening line by line - bark carefully observed, branches dissolving upward into light. Quelle: meisterdrucke.com

Bumper sticker seen on car, Catskill Mountains New York, March 2023