[Karin Wells]

This young man really enjoys being outdoors. He climbed the local mountain (Mt. Monadnock) on the day he came to my studio and hand carved that walking stick I used in his painting. The rock he is sitting on is in my yard.

I struggled mightily with the background (made up) and the fact that I never painted a landscape before really shows. Because of this struggle, I started looking into landscapes and fell in love with the work of George Inness.

For the past few weeks, I have been painting nothing but landscapes. Fortunately I learned something and now landscape backgrounds won't be so darn hard for me to paint.