Last Fall was full of colorful trips and I am finally getting to painting the places I visited! I hiked West Fork when fall colors were at their prime, I hiked from Lockett Meadow to Inner Basin in a brilliant glow of golden aspens, and I hiked the Hermit Trail of the Grand Canyon. I think the photographs I took will serve me until next Fall as inspiration for paintings. I feel as if I haven’t enough time to paint from these three trips, an overflow of ideas to express themselves in paintings. Here is a selection of recent paintings:
![Russell Johnson Prescott, AZ landscape artist](https://i0.wp.com/russelljohnsonart.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/innerbasin2441-web.jpg?resize=806%2C466&ssl=1)
![Russell Johnson southwest oil painter](https://i0.wp.com/russelljohnsonart.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/westfork1736web.jpg?resize=423%2C891&ssl=1)
![Russell Johnson Grand Canyon artist](https://i0.wp.com/russelljohnsonart.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/caperoyalsymphony1545web.jpg?resize=1024%2C344&ssl=1)
![Russell Johnson Grand Canyon artist](https://i0.wp.com/russelljohnsonart.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/hermitnarrows1212web.jpg?resize=612%2C623&ssl=1)
![Russell Johnson Prescott, AZ oil painter](https://i0.wp.com/russelljohnsonart.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/wstfkreflection821web.jpg?resize=374%2C1015&ssl=1)
![Russell Johnson Prescott, AZ oil painter](https://i0.wp.com/russelljohnsonart.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/westfrk821web.jpg?resize=374%2C1006&ssl=1)
![Russell Johnson Arizona oil painter](https://i0.wp.com/russelljohnsonart.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/westforka821web-.jpg?resize=374%2C1014&ssl=1)
![Russell Johnson Grand Canyon oil painter](https://i0.wp.com/russelljohnsonart.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/riversunset1218web.jpg?resize=756%2C496&ssl=1)
![Russell Johnson modern impressionist painter](https://i0.wp.com/russelljohnsonart.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/lockett4.516web.jpg?resize=1024%2C280&ssl=1)