"Yellowstone Country" - Framed Mountain Landscape Art Print Wildlife about 85% of wetland habitat

about 85% of wetland habitat has been drained and destroyed for agriculture or development

It looked like there had been some activity and it had been altered to an unnatural look in my personal opinion so there was a lot of work for me to do to construct something that looked natural to me and represented this spot and all its beauty properly

30x40" canvas on cradled hardboard

the sound of waterfowl overhead

Open edition (signature on print is from the original painting)

"Yellowstone Country" - Framed Mountain Landscape Art Print Wildlife about 85% of wetland habitat"Yellowstone Country" Sometimes it's easy to take for granted what's right near where you live. I was reminded of that this past week when I spent some time traveling around the local countryside. It had been so long since I had been up the Yellowstone River. We had some beautiful weather along with some stunning scenery. I was inspired to paint this by a particular mountain I had seen along the way. The foreground was inspired by another spot and I