9 x 12

I trekked over La Veta Pass from Alamosa the morning after the first fall snow. It doused some pretty good cover in the high country but around the town of La Veta it was dry. I drove around until I came upon this scene.

The formation in the painting is the prominent Gaumer Butte, the remnants of an old volcano. The protruding rock is actually frozen lava that cooled after its final eruption in the neck of the volcano. The surrounding softer rocks have been eroded away.
On this day the shining reflections of the new snow above timberline on the peaks contrasted with the fiery oranges and golds of the shrubs and the yellows of the turning cottonwoods.

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