Elephant Rocks, - One year, THIRTY PAINTINGS...

Notice that autumn is more the season of the soul than of nature. - Friedrich Nietzsche

Elephant Rocks Autumn I, 15X30 Oil

​It’s going to be a beautiful weekend to drive down to Elephant Rocks and Johnson
Shut-Ins.  Sunny, but cool both Saturday and Sunday. You can spend the day exploring the autumn colors then join me for an exhibit and reception of my paintings,
​PAINTING ELEPHANT ROCKS – ONE YEAR, THIRTY PAINTINGS.
 
On Saturday, November 2nd, there will be reception at the Battle of Pilot Knob Historic Site (five miles from Elephant Rocks) from 4pm to 7pm. Come see my exhibition. Free snacks, drinks and good conversation.
 
On November 3rd, from 1 to 3PM, I will give a talk about my experiences spending a year photographing and painting Elephant Rocks. I will discuss how to photograph the rocks through the seasons,  what time is the best, what to look for in a photograph and then how to turn the photos into paintings.  If you have photos or paintings of Elephant Rocks bring them along to share and discuss.

Elephant Rocks, Autumn II, 24X36 Acrylic

Paintings of Elephant Rocks State Park is a new series of landscapes created over the past year by artist Garry McMichael.  It is a series of paintings of a unique granite geological formation located in the Arcadia Valley about 1.5 hours south of St Louis. There is nothing quite like this rock-strewn landscape anywhere else in Missouri or Mid America.  Giant boulders of pink granite rocks appear all over the landscape and in the nearby Ozark hardwood forest. Throughout the centuries, green and gray lichens and mosses have only added to their shape, texture and beauty.  It's a painting project I’ve been working on for over a year to capture the state park throughout the seasons.
 
​PAINTING ELEPHANT ROCKS – ONE YEAR, THIRTY PAINTINGS will be on display from November 1st through 30th.  Additional Elephant Rocks paintings will also on exhibit at the Fort Davidson Café just across the street from the Historic Site. Good food and wonderful paintings.

Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site*
118 East maple Street
Pilot Knob, Missouri 63663
*five miles from Elephant Rocks State Park
 

Click Here to view and purchase my Elephant Rocks Series paintings.

Painting Elephant Rocks will be on exhibit
Starting November 1st 
 At Battle of Pilot Knob Historic Site*
Pilot Knob, Missouri
Exhibit will run from November 1st to 30th
Reception, November 2nd 4:00pm to 7:00pm
* located 5 miles from Elephant Rocks State Park