THE CALL OF THE MOUNTAINS
Sun 31 Jan
|Viritual Exhibition
Sit back and let yourself get transported away to the mountains…
Time & Location
31 Jan 2021, 10:00 – 21 Feb 2021, 14:00
Viritual Exhibition
About the event
The Call of the Mountains
Each and every day this week my calendar has been kindly reminding me that I should be in Zell am See, in Austria, skiing for my friend’s birthday. If that wasn’t cruel enough, mother nature has dumped 4 inches of snow in the garden just to rub it in.
The mountains have called me every year since I was a kid, ski seasons guiding in Colorado, ski touring in the Arctic circle and regular trips to the mountains of Europe are most always the highlight of my year. Yet this year, understandably, that is all on hold and I must resist their lure.
For my alpine fix, I am contenting myself with enjoying the beautiful mountainous landscape paintings which I have snaffled from the gallery to adorn my walls. My absolute favourite painting at the moment is the resonant and elegant ‘First tracks’ skiing landscape…