After growing up in Lake Tahoe, I miss seeing snow on mountains and icy mountain lakes. The quiet that many feet of snow provide is like no other quiet; like a soundproofing white covering of stillness.

Alpine Meadows /Palisades

The snowmelt in the Sierra from the winter of 2023 was historic. The snowpack was 243% above average for May. I couldn't wait to experience the beauty and waterfalls in Yosemite Valley. They were deafening close up and at a distance made a booming sound as the water sailed off the top of the mountains and hit the bottom pools many feel below. It was cold and there was still snow on the ground, it was exhilarating.

Yosemite

Something about Shasta mountain in Northern California keeps me and a lot of other people coming back. Its majesty and omnipresence are a landmark for small towns nearby. 
Every day it looks different, sometimes every hour! Every new painting I start takes on a life of its own.

Shasta Mountain

I painted these small 5x7 boards in the spring of 2022. The views are from atop Eagle Rock, on the sands of Commons Beach and a small tiny beach in Tahoe Park. My goal being to make them into large paintings in my studio.

Lake Tahoe Small Paintings

The Claude Monet show in San Francisco at the Legion of Honor in 2017 inspired these 4 paintings. Each one was painted in plein air for about 20 minutes every morning until they were finished. This way I was able to catch the light in the same way that Monet was able to complete his Rouen Cathedral paintings. 

Sunrise Collection

As the environment changes before my eyes in the Sierra Nevada so do my ideas of landscape painting; why we love our landscapes and how they are disappearing.

Changing Landscapes

These paintings are little gems that have a smooth and textured surface and smell of beeswax. I have worked with encaustic painting for many years and am always happy and surprised with the way the paint/wax takes on a life of its' own. It can be buffed to a high shine giving the works a jewel like quality.

Small Encaustic Wax Bird Paintings

I live among tall pines and cedars in the Sierra. This collection is focused on the shadows the trees cast and the colors I see in the shadows.This series of paintings are inspired by the trees of the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California. Describing how interrelated and bound together we are with nature and the wild places we hold dear.

Joanne Evers