This is a prosperous cattle ranch in the Sierra Valley on the way to Reno, Nevada. By this time of the year most of the grasses have turned tawny, but the trees are just beginning to turn. The Sierra Valley was settled mostly by Italian-Swiss colonists, who came here to mine gold and found that they could make more money with ranching and feeding the miners. If you go to an old graveyard there are mostly Italian names on the tombstones, and some of the descendants still live and ranch here.
TerryLChristo 5:05 pm on September 17, 2009 | #
Reminds me of eastern Oregon as well. I love your style, have learned from you! What size skine do you use for these?
roseindigo 10:59 am on September 19, 2009 | #
Terry, I agree, it’s a lot like eastern Oregon. I use a large watercolor skine for these and have now begun a new one to take on vacation with me.