In 2012 and 2013 artist Rick Silva took his laptop into remote locations throughout the Pacific Northwest and the Rocky Mountains to create each of these works in one sitting reacting to the immediate terrain and conditions.




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Mount Bachelor, Deschutes National Forest, Oregon. March 23, 2013





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Willamette Pass, Oregon. March 14, 2013





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Mount Pisgah, Eugene, Oregon. February 23, 2013





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Spencer Butte, Eugene, Oregon. February 19, 2013





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Sweet Creek Falls, Oregon. February 9, 2013





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Mount Rainer National Park, Washington. February 2, 2013





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Horsethief Lake State Park, Washington. January 30, 2013





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Devil's Punchbowl State Park, Oregon. January 18, 2013





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Mount Pisgah, near Eugene, Oregon. January 11, 2013





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Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, near Olympia, Washington. January 2, 2013





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Spencer Butte, Eugene, Oregon. December 26, 2012





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Fall Creek Lake, near Eugene, Oregon. November 24, 2012





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Willamette River, Eugene, Oregon. November 14, 2012





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Salt Creek Falls, near Oakridge, Oregon. November 4, 2012





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Blachly Mountain State Park, Oregon. Ocober 25, 2012





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Spencer Butte , Eugene, October 20, 2012





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Fern Ridge Lake, near Eugene, Oregon. October 15, 2012





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Cloudcap, Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. October 8, 2012





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Mount Pisgah, Eugene, Oregon. October 7, 2012





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Willamette River, Eugene, Oregon. September 27, 2012





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Mckenzie Pass, Deschutes National Forest, Oregon. September 17, 2012





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Spencer Butte, Eugene, Oregon. September 13, 2012





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Red Rocks Park, near Genesee, Colorado. September 1, 2012





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Grayland Beach State Park, Grayland, Washington. September 8, 2012





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Cape Perpetua, Oregon. August 27, 2012





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Spencer Butte, Eugene, Oregon. August 12, 2012





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Mount Fernie Provincial Park, Fernie BC. August 5, 2012





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The Hoodoos, near Fairmont BC. July 30, 2012





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Lake Louise, Alberta. July 25, 2012





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Lewis & Clark National Forest, near Monarch, Montana. July 18, 2012





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Going-to-the-Sun Mountain, Glacier National Park, Montana. June 27, 2012





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Ptarmigan Cirque, Kananaskis Country, Alberta. June 20, 2012





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Athabasca Glacier, Columbia Ice Field, Alberta. June 8, 2012





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Elbow Falls, near Bragg Creek, Alberta. May 31, 2018





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Abalone Cove Shoreline Park, Rancho Palos Verdes, California. May 13, 2012




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Weaselhead Natural Area, Calgary, Alberta. April 29, 2012





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Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park. near Cochrane, Alberta. March 18, 2012





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Nose Hill Park, Calgary, Alberta. February 12, 2012





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Tunnel Mountain, Banff, Alberta. February 4, 2012





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Cathy Fromme Prairie, Fort Collins, Colorado. January 1, 2012