Impression of Capitol Reef Utah at Sunset

My Impression of one small section of Capitol Reef Utah, at Sunset. Painted from scratch, beginning with a Blank Canvas in Photoshop. Not from a... more

by Bob and Nadine Johnston

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36.000 x 20.000 inches

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Impression of Capitol Reef Utah at Sunset

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Bob and Nadine Johnston

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Digital Art - Digital Created From Scratch On A Blank Canvas - Save A Bundle On 10 Or 25 Gift/note Cards... @ Our Cost

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My Impression of one small section of Capitol Reef Utah, at Sunset. Painted from scratch, beginning with a Blank Canvas in Photoshop. Not from a Photo. Takes as much time and sometimes more, than painting with acrylic on a canvas. But in our RV we only have room for one easel. This way it eliminates all the chemicals. Took me about two years, to make the transition from acrylic on canvas to using the computer with brushes which are literally identical to those used with paint.

Capitol Reef encompasses Waterpocket Fold, a Feature in the earth's crust that is 65 million years old. It is the largest exposed area in North America. In this fold, newer and older layers of earth folded over each other in an S-shape. Probably caused by the colliding continental plates that created the Rocky Mountains, it has been weathered and eroded exposing layers of rock and fossils. The park is filled with colored sandstone cliffs, white domes, iron oxide layers and other contrasting layers of stone and earth.

The area was named for the line of domes and cliffs of Navajo (red) Sandstone, which reminded early explorers and settlers of the United States Capitol building, the cliffs go from the Fremont River to Pleasant Creek on the Waterpocket Fold.

The fold forms a north-to-south barrier that even today has barely been breached by roads. Early settlers referred to parallel, impassable ridges as "reefs", from which the park gets the second half of its name. The first paved road was not constructed through the area until 1962. Today, State Route 24 cuts through the park traveling east and west between Canyonlands National Park and Bryce Canyon National Park, but few other paved roads invade the rugged landscape.

The park is filled with canyons, cliffs, towers, domes, and arches. The Fremont River cut canyons through the Waterpocket Fold, but most of the park is arid desert country. A scenic drive shows park visitors some of the highlights, but it runs only a few miles from the main highway. Hundreds of miles of trails and unpaved roads lead the more adventurous into the equally scenic backcountry.
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September 28th, 2014