Desert / Mountains
Valley of Fire Afterglow
Desert peaks glow beneath a sky alive with color.
Sometimes you don’t have to go far to get away.
A quiet morning on Lake Allatoona transformed into an expressive study of stillness, reflection, and the restorative feeling of being on the water.
Valley of Fire, Nevada
Bold expressive painterly
The Original Moment
Valley of Fire Afterglow begins with the same original photograph as Valley of Fire Vista—a broad mountain landscape in Valley of Fire, Nevada. Here, the open desert and layered ridgelines become the foundation for a more vivid interpretation, with the sky taking on as much presence as the land below.
From Photograph to Art
Using the same source photograph as Valley of Fire Vista, this interpretation moves in a more expressive direction. Deep blues, glowing golds, greens, and warm orange sweep across the sky while the mountain forms are simplified into bold, rhythmic shapes. The result keeps the scale and geology of the original landscape while amplifying the color and sense of movement I felt there.
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