Sierra Nevada Backpacking Paintings

Lamarck Lake

I spent a little over a week tramping around the sierras with my family and then solo for a few nights. Here are some of the gouache backpacking sketches made in a watercolor sketchbook I brought along. Is there any place on earth as stunning and magical as the Sierras? I know there are– we live on a planet with such amazing diversity and beauty and everybody should have their own favorite environment. We’re lucky to be alive with this awesome earth to explore, aren’t we?

Skipping Stones– Darwin Basin
Transparency– Evolution Creek
Stone Rafts– Evolution Lake