Stillness at Legion Lake

Oil on Canvas. 48 x 72 in. Ready to frame or hang as is: 1.5″ deep stretcher – painting continues around the sides.

Inspiration for this painting came from a rare, densely foggy June evening in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The painting is of Legion Lake in Custer State Park. The dock is from my imagination, but that perfect little forest green boat – that’s inviting us all to com’on over, take a seat and push on out into the water – was really there! Fog is one of my favorite things to paint. It envelopes my soul in person, and it’s such a joy to attempt to convey that peace and calm through my paintings of fog. I felt I achieved it so well with this painting and I’m so thankful! It was a labor of love.

This painting is currently on display in my solo exhibition, “Dazzling Dakota,” at Center for Western Studies (CWS) at Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.*  The show runs through April 25, 2025. It is available for purchase.  Please, contact CWS at (605) 274-4007 for inquiries. CWS is located at 2121 S Summit Ave, Sioux Falls, SD 57197. They are open Monday-Friday, 8:00AM-5:00PM or by appointment.

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*Supplies for select paintings in this show were partially funded by a grant from the South Dakota Arts Council (SDAC). SDAC support is provided with funds from the State of South Dakota, through the Department of Tourism, and the National Endowment for the Arts.