Getting Ready to go skiing in Pila mountain art but doing some off-piste turns

but doing some off-piste turns

A new painting of that glory hour when the last rays illuminate part of the famous Aiguille du Midi and its pointed its metallic tower on the top

This is a twist of my landscape paintings

I wanted to recreate something that I love when we go skiing with my latest painting

pan pastels and pastel pencils on pastel card paper

Getting Ready to go skiing in Pila mountain art but doing some off-piste turnsThis is a birthday present commission for a friend, of the starting of the ski day in Pila. This reflects a memory of when we all started skiing together. I have placed her family and my two boys on the front of the painting, and wanted to recreate the top base area of the resort, where we always went to have some coffee and croissants before leaving the boys to take their ski lessons. This is a painting of one loved moment, and is the classical ski