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.
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