Yahoo Arch

I don't often do pure landscape paintings, but this is one. It's of a very special rock arch we found in the Big South Fork. I want to be known as a Kentucky Painter and I do try and document specific Kentucky places in my art. I was challenged once by a critic as to why I don't paint close ups of the models in my paintings( I do, just not as often as she wanted I guess). I told her that the models were not the only subjects in the art, but the places too. I hike a lot and I'm always looking for new places I want to paint. I've never seen an Arch like this one and knew I had to paint it. I have more to do, but this is what I've got so far.