ART OF GEORGE WILLIAM VAN HUMBECK

Between Jasper and Banff along the Icefields Parkway there are numerous stunning views of the Rocky Mountains. Rarely do I every find that a painting's composition is exactly as it was shot from a single reference photograph. This composition foreground was purposely married to the background to intensify the "Uplifted" theme.

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I did find patience fruitful with the near white parts of the painting. Don't be in a hurry to paste a thick layer of white on your canvas. Successive thin layers (in most cases five) allowed for textural and variegated complexity to come through. A glaze of cadmium yellow medium and titanium white last aided in the feel of a late afternoon sun.