Painting at Smith Rock State Park, Oregon

\n \n \n Crooked River flows through Smith Rock State Park\n \n\nA beautiful sunny day gave the distant hillside and cliffs a warm contrast above the Crooked River, wrapped around the base of this state park, near Redmond. I'm always fascinated by surpentine compositions like this, especially with the geologic color make-up of rocks like rhyolite (reddish) and basalt (grayish) plying for attention. Really, it's the river that binds everything together, both physically and visually . . . always creating harmonious rhythms within the landscape.\n