Colorado artist Lanny Grant, developed a deep love and respect for the landscape at an early age. He has been strongly influenced by well known landscape painter Ben Turner (1912-1966) who lived and painted in Redstone in the 1950's. With dedicated work and practice, and little formal training, he has become a fine oil painter noted for his Rocky Mountain landscapes.

Spending time in the remote wilderness of Colorado and Wyoming creating plein air studies and sketches provides accurate information to produce his large scale oil paintings that portray the majestic moods of the high country. Grant captures on canvas the relatively undiscovered scenery that most individuals may never have the opportunity to experience in person.

He often travels far from civilization into the remote mountainous areas that inspire him most. His landscapes, dominated by majestic peaks, reflect the colors of the seasons; a high alpine meadow blanketed in a profusion of wildflowers, the stark and ethereal beauty of winter, and Aspen trees and cottonwoods ablaze with the autumn colors of gold, red and yellow.

Speaking of his approach to the landscape Grant says:
"Painting in the mountains requires the study of a wide variety of landscape forms and elements...the change of seasons provides a never-ending source of inspiration for my paintings.