Alsace Vineyards Print

This is an oil painting from a vineyard scene of the Alsace wine region in the Eastern corner of France. I used a bright palette to capture the sunny day and multiple layers of paint to keep certain areas from being too over bearing. This is one of my favorite paintings largely do to the unique vantage point the scene is viewed from. The rows of foreground vineyards quickly disappear down the back side of the hill leading the eye directly into the middle ground vineyards that appear to almost be vertical lines. I attempted to create depth in the mountain ranges using lighter and cooler greens and blues to the distant right. From there the cloud shape on the upper right counters the rightward slant of of the background ranges keeping the viewer within the painting. I hope you enjoy viewing it as much as I enjoyed painting it.