Oil on canvas; 44″ x 29″. Framed. River rock scene by Peter Holbrook. Dated 1989. Peter works from his Northern California studio in Redway. He paints from photographs he takes on location. He has painted throughout California and the southwest including Canyon de Chelly in Arizona. Combined the leements of a series of photographs and using his own keen scense of natural light and space Peter creates his own painterly reality to represent the beauty and true vision of the natural environment. Although his paintings appear to be photo-realistic from a distance, at close range a viewer can see the canvas is filled with loose impressionistic strokes of color.
PERIOD: Unknown
ORIGIN: California, United States
SIZE: 44″ x 29″ Frame 48″x 34″