[painter]

And mountains don't look that way the light. In fact, the entire lighting effect is ersatz.

How do you know? To me it looks like daybreak on a early spring morning when the sun is just starting to burn off the morning fog.

I happen to think the painting is beautiful.

[Sisku Hanne]

I always thought Bierstadt's mountains were supposed to be more allegorical. It's part visual accounting and part expressing the experience of having all of God's creation infusing every atom of his being; the sense of smallness in the face of unimagined grandeur.

Kincaide is not my cup of tea (then again neither is the velvet Indian Chief my husband has hanging in his butcher shop). But this article seems more about wallowing in the glee of airing Kincaide's dirty laundry than anything else. I don't follow this man's career at all - why is he such a hot topic right now?