Mountain Story

Jackson Hole’s annual story festival devoted to great writing and the great outdoors.

Exhibit
Haley Badenhop: Light Play

Ordway Gallery

Artist's statement: I love the way that no matter when you look at mountains, you always see something different. The light, the weather, the seasons--they all play a part in keeping the mystery alive about gazing at and playing in these giants. For this collection, I created photo-realistic mountains based off pictures taken by some of my favorite mountain photographers on Instagram, but changed up the colors to my liking! My favorite part of painting each of these was adding in the shadows. While painting, it simply looks like adding another color, but back up and the shadows make the mountain come alive. I hope this series of paintings inspires you to wake up early to see the sun rise over the mountains, stay up late to watch the shadows dance, or just get out and play in them!