Spencers Butte Painting

Inspired by the "Butte" or small mountain visible from our home here in Eugene, Oregon. Spencer's Butte rises to the sky before us, often illuminated by a sunburst, as in this depiction of the majestic mountain and, especially in the autumn, it appears arrayed in many colors: organs, yellows, a variety of greens. Here, in my typical loose and staccato brushwork , the "verismo" or realism is achieved indirectly, through abstraction and dabs, thus achieving what photorealism cannot, the "sentiment of truth" as per Constable, Turner, wherein the painters intuition and consciousness renders the reality, not a dead lens from a machine. Note: if you like this painting, please make an offer. Painters need to eat and pay rent like everyone