MOUNT SHASTA SUNSET (SOUTHWESTERN FACE)

Mount Shasta Sunset is a small but luminous work in the Faces of the Mountain collection, capturing the southwestern face of Mount Shasta as it receives the last light of day. Though modest in scale, the painting holds a deep sense of warmth, welcome, and spaciousness—qualities that feel intrinsic to this particular aspect of the mountain.

This painting came from an spontaneous moment. I was driving past the town of Mount Shasta as the sun was setting, and the light was so striking I pulled off the highway just to watch. I stood there for a while, taking photos as the colors shifted—warm clouds behind the mountain, shadows rising slowly up the snow, alpenglow lingering longer than expected. This image grew from that moment of pause, of noticing, of being quietly met by the mountain rather than seeking it out.

You can read more about this painting and it’s journey here.