“Half Dome”
by Murray Wagnon
9″ x 12″
Oil
I have always loved this classic view of Half Dome from the Sentinel drive bridge, reflected in the Merced River. It began to snow again, as I was capturing this image, and, having no chains, I had to retreat from the valley or be stranded. . .should have stayed. . [...]
“Odd Fellows, Big Oak Flat”
by Murray Wagnon
10″ x 8″
Oil
Typical of most Gold Rush era mining camps, Big Oak Flat closes tightly around route 120 as it winds it’s way up to the Yosemite Valley. As you enter Big Oak Flat, The left shoulder of the Highway is crowded by some typical ‘mining camp’ buildings, made [...]
“Monitor Pass”
by Murray Wagnon
24” x 12″
Oil
As I was driving up through the canyon into Monitor Pass, I was entranced by the ’splash of color’ amongst the darker trees and rocks across the creek from the road.
“Mormon Station, Genoa Nevada””
by Murray Wagnon
12” x 9″
Oil
While I was staying at my brother’s house in Glenbrook, they dropped me off in Genoa while they went for a bike ride.
I spent two more days painting in this old mining town, the oldest settlement in the Utah Territory.
“Blue Heron Drive”
by Murray Wagnon
169″ x 20″
Oil
This country dirt road is the way to my Sister’s house in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains
“Thumb Rock on Little Sandy Creek”
by Murray Wagnon
9″ x 12″
Oil
This unusual rock is in my Sister’s back yard in Auberry, California
SOLD
“Skunk Harbor, Lake Tahoe”
by Murray Wagnon
“14 x 11″
Oil
This is a plein air painting of Skunk Harbor on the Northeast shore of Lake Tahoe. It is about a 4 mile hike in from the Highway to this old abandoned stone house that was built around the turn of the last century.
“Glenbrook, Nevada”
by Murray Wagnon
11″ x 14″
Oil
This is a plein air painting of Lake Tahoe from the picnic area at John’s house in Up Away, in Glenbrook, Nevada