Scars in the Earth

Creation of the river, or my idea of what it may have looked like millions of years ago. I imagine the earth on fire as lava flowed from Mt. St. Helen
This painting represents the violence and flow of fire and ice during the Mesozoic age. These "Scars In The Earth" form the deep basalt canyon and the beautiful valley that holds the rushing waters of the Washougal River in Washington State. It is the first in a series of paintings entitled "Across Rushing Waters - a history of the Washougal River and Cape Horn.
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