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This studio painting was done from a 9X12 pleinair piece painted from the meadow of Cold Creek (with memory inserted add-ons). Many years of fishing these streams before real civilization hit the area fixed the meanderings of the streams in my mind. From the top of Job's Sister the spectacular view looks over Lake Tahoe 4000 feet below, into Nevada's Carson Valley 5000 feet below, and into Faith Hope and Charity valleys. A rewarding climb we did many times.

Open air painting and beyond Ed White is a third generation Californian now transplanted to Connecticut. He has been painting the landscape on site since his early years at Lake Tahoe, California. His work has been exhibited and sold in California and Connecticut and is in numerous private collections. Ed often works on location, and completion of these works usually demands a small size because of the changing light conditions. Refining the idea, and extrapolating to a better design concept, and a larger format, is always the challenge. “I’ve discovered that many of my paintings preserve a location that has been later destroyed by development. For me, all of them preserve a lighting, time and mood. A successful painting both...