Upstream Quiet, Green River Through Evergreen Valley

Pacific Northwest Landscapes · horizontal

A clear green river winds through a narrow valley lined with tall evergreen trees and leafy shrubs. In the foreground, the bank is covered with rounded stones in gray, blue-gray, tan and rust. A steep, bare slope and a leaning tree trunk frame the middle distance, and a faint mountain rises into a pale sky behind. The scene is viewed from low to the ground, which makes the stones feel close and the river seem to stretch far away.

A collector wants this for the viewpoint. The camera sits low among rounded tan, rust and blue-gray stones, so the clear jade river feels like it runs away from your feet into a dark evergreen valley with a faint mountain at the end. Many green river landscapes are generic. This one is cool, shaded and immersive, with a strong stone-to-water-to-forest sequence and a soft painterly finish.

Artwork by Omaste Witkowski.

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