Mountain Poetry Original Artwork Artist_Aaron Shaw Inside the captive tomb

Inside the captive tomb

I wanted to paint something that would show the blessings and hope of feeding his sheep

knowing I could do more or be more than I was

What Profiteth It a Man: The Rich Young Ruler (Modern)

While painting this commission

Mountain Poetry Original Artwork Artist_Aaron Shaw Inside the captive tomb20 X 16 Oil on Canvas The reference for this painting came while I was taking a group of BYUI painting class students to visit Jackson Wyoming. The snow was too deep to go over the normal Jackson Pass route so we used the longer way through Palisades and the South Fork of the Snake River canyon. We stopped at a roadside turn out to take photos of some mountain goats. They were so high up that they appeared as just white dots. It started as a demo in