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Mount Shasta Misty Morning | 24 x 12 x 1.5 inches | Water soluble wax paint on wood panel | $900

Faces of the Mountain: Mount Shasta Misty Morning

I’ve just completed the first of three small panels (24 x 12 inches) for the Faces of the Mountain collection.

I think of these smaller paintings as little gems—intimate studies that explore different facets of Mt. Shasta. Each one holds a distinct quality of light, color story, atmosphere, or perspective. Together, they allow me to listen more closely to the mountain, noticing subtle shifts and fleeting moments that may later unfold into larger works.

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This first panel grew out of a series of photographs I took on a misty morning. The valley was filled with fog—thick and luminous—its soft fingers curling upward, drifting and dissolving into a denser layer of clouds closer to the mountain. Mt. Shasta’s silhouette sat quietly in the mid-ground, its features mostly hidden, revealing themselves only in brief patches as the mist shifted.

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As the sun began to rise, a gentle back-lighting emerged. Clouds caught the light first, glowing softly, while the mountain’s profile appeared only as a suggestion—edges and contours hinted at rather than fully revealed. The crest near the peak would briefly come into focus, then disappear again, as if the mountain were breathing in and out with the fog.

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I’m endlessly drawn to these moments at dawn, when light offers just enough to orient us—an outline, an edge, a glimmer—before moving on. The rising sun traced the clouds with a pale glow, illuminating their edges from behind. It’s easy to see how the idea of a silver lining was born from scenes like this.

This painting is less about depicting the mountain in full clarity and more about honoring that in-between state—where form emerges, recedes, and reappears. A quiet reminder that presence doesn’t always announce itself boldly. Sometimes it arrives softly, revealed in moments of emergence.

Mt Shasta Misty Morning

24 x 12 inches

Water soluble wax paint on wood panel

Available for purchase