I love this rock formation. For years I didn’t know the proper name of the formation so I called it the loose tooth rock, it reminded me of a first grader with all those windows of missing teeth. The proper name for the formation is gateway to heaven.
This is an oil painting from a study in pastel. I painted a cadmium red ground, and didn’t wait for the underpainting to dry so it greyed the blues. It wasn’t intentional, just me being impatient, but I love the overcast look it gave my painting.