Remarkable Southern Alps by Lisa Elley. Palette knife painting in oil. www.lisaelley.com Painting

Remarkable Southern Alps by Lisa Elley. Palette knife painting in oil. 2013. 24 x 36 x 1.5 Inches. For more pics please visit my website www.lisaelley.com The Southern Alps is a mountain range extending along much of the length of New Zealand's South Island, reaching its greatest elevations near the island's western side. The term "Southern Alps" generally refers to the entire range, although separate names are given to many of the smaller ranges that form part of it. The Southern Alps run 450 km north to south. The tallest peak is Aoraki / Mount Cook, the highest point in New Zealand at 3,754 metres (12,316 ft) and there are sixteen other points in the range that exceed 3,000 metres in height. The mountains are cut through with glacial valleys and lakes. According to an inventory conducted in the late 1970s, the Southern Alps contained over 3000 glaciers larger than a hectare, the longest of which – the Tasman Glacier – is 29 kilometres in length down towards Lake Pukaki. A chain of glacial lakes are found on the eastern side of the ridge from Lake Coleridge in the north to Lake Wakatipu in Otago in the south. I used my palette knife to sculpt the mountains and swoosh on the snow. I picked up a brush for the first time in a year and blended the lake just a teensy bit, I've decided that I liked the effect! The brush can stay - for now.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:36 W x 24 H x 1.5 D in

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