Below Starved Rock
11x14
Oil on mounted gessoboard
Painted April 2024
This was painted after a trip to Starved Rock, Illinois, which is a state park along the Illinois river, and home to a large bluff overlooking the river. The bluff was used as both a fort and refuge first by the French then by the Illini tribe in the 17th and 18th centuries. This scene is below the bluff looking out on the Illinois river. I just liked how crowded this tiny little bluff was and how the trees were almost fighting to look out over the edge.
11x14
Oil on mounted gessoboard
Painted April 2024
This was painted after a trip to Starved Rock, Illinois, which is a state park along the Illinois river, and home to a large bluff overlooking the river. The bluff was used as both a fort and refuge first by the French then by the Illini tribe in the 17th and 18th centuries. This scene is below the bluff looking out on the Illinois river. I just liked how crowded this tiny little bluff was and how the trees were almost fighting to look out over the edge.
11x14
Oil on mounted gessoboard
Painted April 2024
This was painted after a trip to Starved Rock, Illinois, which is a state park along the Illinois river, and home to a large bluff overlooking the river. The bluff was used as both a fort and refuge first by the French then by the Illini tribe in the 17th and 18th centuries. This scene is below the bluff looking out on the Illinois river. I just liked how crowded this tiny little bluff was and how the trees were almost fighting to look out over the edge.