Passing Through Kaweah Gap by Ariel Lee

Passing Through Kaweah Gap captures a moment when a storm was on the precipice of happening. There was electricity in the air and snow falling in the middle of August. My goal with this piece was to focus on the kinetic energy felt in the air—to convey the dynamic change in the atmosphere.

Passing Through Kaweah Gap, our third edition with the Ariel Lee (check out Morning Sun Up To Forester Pass and Alpine Glow in the Valley), is exemplary of her keen eye for composition, motion, and grandeur.

The piece, which depicts the lowest east–west pass through the Great Western Divide in California’s Sequoia National Park, places the viewer right in the mouth of nature. Have you ever been trekking in the great outdoors and experienced that moment where you stop moving to look at your surroundings and are utterly stunned? This painting is that moment.

Lee, who works in gouache using a bold palette and layered brushwork, nods to David Hockney and Fairfield Porter in both approach and a focus on color and form. The artist is a powerful colorist, and all of her work is dreamlike in its technicolor splendor. She deftly captures the essence of what it is to feel like you’re having a psychedelic experience just by immersing yourself in nature.

+ Limited-edition, exclusive to 20x200
+ Museum quality: archival inks, 100% cotton rag paper unless noted
+ Signed + numbered certificate of authenticity included
+ Directly supports the artist
+ Handcrafted custom-framing is available

Our quoted dimensions are for the size of paper containing the images, not the printed image itself. We do not alter the aspect ratio, nor do we crop or resize the artists’ originals. All of our prints have a minimum border of .5 inches to allow for framing.

Lee, based in Southern California, predominantly paints landscapes in gouache using bold color and layered brushwork reminiscent of artists such as David Hockney and Fairfield Porter. An avid hiker, camper and climber, her works are direct reflections of her personal experience in nature.

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Passing Through Kaweah Gap

Ariel Lee

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