Olympic Mountain Evening

Olympic Mountain Evening is my way of looking forward to the winter games. The thing that most excites me about the Olympics is the inspiring fusion of age-old tradition and cutting edge technology inherent in each competition. The venues are ultra-modern, the accommodations first rate, but the history of the games dates back 2000 years and connects us to the earliest roots of our culture. In a way, the Olympics are an exhilarating look ahead as well as a humbling glance behind.

In my painting, the ageless Wasatch Mountains loom over the blazing lights of the Park City ski resort. The skiing venue is being groomed for the next day’s races – a new downhill champion will be crowned. In the foreground, a humble settler’s cabin stands in stark contrast to the distant setting of Olympic glory. How fitting that the millennium’s first Olympics should take place in the American West, where the past continually informs and defines the future.