Up high near Berthoud Pass, the world stretches in layers — snow-tipped peaks, wavering treelines, rivers folded into shadows and light. In Near Berthoud you see that distance stacked: foreground evergreens catching spring light, then middle ground slopes shifting in cooler tones, and far cliffs still brushed white with snow. The sky is wide, touched by cloud and open blue, reminding you how the air thins up there and how color changes with height and view.
This painting tries to hold the mood of being between places: not quite in the valley, not yet at the summit. There’s a hush in the scene, a space for the eye to wander. The trees lean, the distant ridge recedes, the snow glows faintly — all to pull you into that mountain quiet, that longing to breathe deep and see far.
Available through Cassens Fine Art in Hamilton, MT.
