original oils — from real places

Gallery

Every one of these paintings began somewhere I actually stood — dwarfed by a canyon wall, ankle-deep in a cold mountain creek, watching the light move across a meadow. All I could do in those moments was stand there in awe of it. Emotions swelled, and gratitude with them. I had to try to recreate the way it felt, so that you could feel it too.

The gallery opens with the Great Smoky Mountains, then Zion. More locations are on their way.

That's me, beside my work at a museum show. More about the artist, Trisha Selgrath →

Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee — original oils

Cades Cove, its creeks, and The Sinks. Read the stories →

Into the Light — the Cades Cove meadow seen through dark tree trunks, sunlit grass opening to blue and violet mountains

Into the Light

Glimmer of Hope — a misty blue Smoky Mountain rising above a green wildflower meadow

Glimmer of Hope

Abrams Creek — a small waterfall and clear stream over sunlit boulders with blooming mountain laurel

Abrams Creek

Jump — The Sinks on the Little River, pale boulders around a deep bottle-green pool. A small red dot indicates this painting has found a home.

jump!

Broken — an early-spring forest creek with a fallen log across the water, bare purple-brown trees and new green along the banks

Broken

Bold — a tall autumn forest of scarlet and gold foliage against dark trunks. A small red dot indicates this painting has found a home.

Bold

Exhale — a small, close study of silvery water rushing over dark, moss-covered rocks

Exhale

Magic — a single pink-and-white rhododendron blossom glowing against a soft, dark forest

Magic

Zion National Park, Utah — original oils

Each work is unique. When it sells, it's gone.

Turning Back — oil painting of two small figures at the threshold of a narrowing slot canyon, water green and warm light from the slot above. A small red dot in the corner indicates this painting is currently not available.

Turning Back

Eons — oil painting of a boulder-strewn canyon with small figures wading into the river

Eons

The Light — oil painting of a slot canyon at Zion with a shaft of light at the back, water reflecting orange and gold below. A small red dot in the lower right indicates this painting has sold.

The Light

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Commissions are available — painted from places that matter to you.

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