Bryce Canyon

Pacific Spirit III

April 23, 2020Art, Photo Essay, Studio 365, Uncategorized365, Bryce Canyon, Covid-19, Hiking, National Park Service, photography, postaday, travel, Utah, Wordpress bloggerAndrew Seal View all 7 comments

Since it continues to be National Park Week and in follow up to yesterday’s revisit to Bryce Canyon how could I not post the second day of our visit when we hiked into the Amphitheatre. What a day that was.

But first, today’s painting from the studio: Pacific Spirit III with continuing thoughts of those grieving in Nova Scotia; also today in Toronto on the second anniversary of the attack on Yonge Street; and of course all who are mourning loved ones lost to Covid-19.

The heartache continues as our brave healthcare workers and volunteers are there for us each and every day and we thank them all.

Studio 365: Day 113 April 23, 2015

The Navajo Loop Trail from Sunset point descending into the Bryce Canyon Amphitheatre.

The perfect finish to our visit to Bryce Canyon hiking the Navajo Trail into the Amphitheatre, connecting with the Queens Garden Trail and returning to the canyon rim at Sunrise Point. Look for Queen Victoria in the photo gallery.

One final view before leaving this precious jewel of a place and a thank you to the National Park Service for maintaining it so perfectly for us all to enjoy.

in this together

April 22, 2020Photo Essay, Studio 365, Uncategorized365, Bryce Canyon, Earth Day, landscape painting, landscape photography, National Park Week, photography, postaday, travel, Utah, WordPress, Wordpress bloggerAndrew Seal View all 6 comments

Written in chalk beneath a rainbow on the entrance to Tatlow Park here in Vancouver these words are perhaps the perfect way to recognize this 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. We are indeed all in this together.

Since this is also National Park Week, and following my look back to Antelope Canyon, I thought I would re-post our visit to magnificent Bryce Canyon five years ago today together with the painting that it inspired.

Studio 365: Day 112 April 22, 2015

From the wonder and awe of the magic of Antelope Canyon to the breathtaking majesty of the vistas of Bryce Canyon. It has been another unforgettable day and once again I will let the pictures do all the talking…

…the final shot at the end of a perfect day.

hoodoo you remind me of

May 20, 2019photography, Travels, UncategorizedBryce Canyon, Canada, hoodoos, photography, Victoria DayAndrew Seal View all 3 comments

Celebrating Victoria Day here in Canada with this photo of the Queen Victoria hoodoo in Bryce Canyon from our memorable visit hiking the hoodoos in 2015.

even parks have birthdays

August 25, 2018Art, Uncategorizedacrylic painting, Art, Art studio, Bryce Canyon, landscape painting, National Park ServiceAndrew Seal View all 6 comments

Bryce Canyon 9.5.15

A painting repurposed from 2015 after our memorable visit to spectacular Bryce Canyon with which to say Happy 102nd Birthday to the treasured US National Park Service.

canyon comeback

January 11, 2016Painting, UncategorizedArt, Art studio, Bryce Canyon, landscape painting, photography, postaday, watercolorAndrew Seal View all 11 comments

Bryce Canyon revisited 11.1.16

Studio 365: Day 130

May 10, 2015Studio 365, Uncategorized, video, Weekly Photo Challenge365, Bryce Canyon, photography, postaday, video, weekly photo challengeAndrew Seal View all 11 comments

In follow up to yesterday’s Day 129, and staying in a Bryce Canyon frame of mind, I thought I would add an addendum to our unforgettable visit there just three weeks ago. The first trail we experienced was at the southern end of the Park, and is known as The Bristlecone Loop Trail. It is a 1.1 mile round trip and leads to views of The Pink Cliffs, and a 100 mile vista taking in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The Bristlecone in the photo is over sixteen centuries old, a true force of nature.

I wanted to capture that moment when the spectacular panorama appeared and the view of the 2000 foot drop into the canyon below unfolded. It was simply breathtaking. The next day we went back and I made the following video to re-create that moment.

Let me know if I’ve succeeded.

Studio 365: Day 129

May 9, 2015Painting, Studio 365, Uncategorized365, acrylic painting, Art, Art studio, Bryce Canyon, photography, postadayAndrew Seal View all 6 comments

Bryce Canyon I 9.5.15

Palette: Day 129 9.5.15

Studio 365: Day 113

April 23, 2015Studio 365, Uncategorized365, Bryce Canyon, Hiking, National Park Service, photography, postaday, travel, UtahAndrew Seal View all 10 comments

The Navajo Loop Trail from Sunset point descending into the Bryce Canyon Amphitheatre.

One final view before leaving this precious jewel of a place and a thank you to the National Park Service for maintaining it so perfectly for us all to enjoy.