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This was inspired by a backpacking trip I did in Yellowstone National Park, headed up the Slough Creek drainage. If you've been there, you know it offers unforgettable solitude and quiet. A lone figure is seated by a campfire against a backdrop of striated, colorful hills and a mountain range, with smoke rising into the evening sky. The words "EAT THE EVENING LIGHT" are embedded across the bottom in bright yellow letters. This is a wax painting that has texture and depth. It is framed and ready to hang. The price reflects free shipping in the US. Contact me for more photos if you are interested!

I love making art, but my day job is wildland firefighting. I fell backwards into fire management after earning a degree in Forestry. Most of the summer, I travel to fire assignments, predicting fire spread and behavior one day or several weeks in advance with the goal of helping managers make good decisions about ongoing wildfires. I've held positions in Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, the Bitterroot National Forest in Montana, in Christchurch New Zealand, and Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. Fire behavior prediction involves fire science, knowing the 'art' of fire, and some computer wizardry. Wildfire can indeed be destructive, but in the natural environment, fire means renewal, regrowth, and a diverse landscape patchwork. My...