Arapaho Peaks from Baldy

The view of the Arapaho Peaks is across lower ridges that are covered by pines or aspens. The slopes of the Arapaho peaks are above timber line and are tundra. The painting was made from a 1978 sketch on the mountain top above Jean Kadmon's family cabin of childhood. In Jerusalem the scene was painted in 1978 as an acrylic on cloth landscape 59 x 70cm. On a later visit to the Colorado cabin, Jean Kadmon began taking off into abstract coloring on natural form. The painting "Tip of South Arapaho Peak" is an example of the difference.