Park City does an event on Sundays called Park Silly where there are a ton of booths in town and the shops on the streets are also open so Becky and I decided to go to see the art being sold and the art in the galleries. Park City is a pretty wealthy area so there is a TON of galleries selling some pretty nice art for houses. Several of the artists themselves in the galleries talked with us. The one shop owner explained that she is known as “the circle lady” because all her pieces are made up of little circles. I saw several paintings from the artists I had researched before coming to Utah as well like Caitlin Connolly who does commanding female figures with simple designs that take up most of the canvas. Her figures imply a huge scale of the woman and the triangular dress she often paints suggest mountains or another natural feature.
The houses in Park City are absolutely beautiful on the side of the mountain (as you can see for the first photo). The muted color palettes looked so good with the grey sky and dark trees. What makes Park City so unique –and expensive– is that it has a ski resort in the city. There are ski lifts coming right into town. Another unique feature to Park City is that it hosts the Sundance Film Festival. That is why the city also has several Banksy. He showed a film at the festival and then these pieces showed up. Here’s one I got to see which I think is pretty cool.
After the festival we decided to take a loop through the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. I was pretty tired at this point but I enjoyed visiting the waterfall which was beautiful. I stuck my hand in it and can confirm that the water was very cold. It was gushing pretty good from all the rain and snow melt. The rocks and pine trees made for absolutely stunning scenery.
Next stop was Mirror Lake. Of course it was raining at this point so the reflections on Mirror Lake weren’t really happening just like through the whole trip I loved the grey clouds. Grey clouds just add interest to the sky, drama and an overcast day provides for the perfect cool tones. Everything was so beautiful I didn’t even mind getting a little wet.
I could not believe the amount of trees. Coming from PA never in my life have I seen so many pine trees in one place. Surprisingly I kinda of love the balance it provides. There is a sense of piece from the uniformity of the vertical lines, I do still enjoy the variety in the other forests I’ve been in and the crazy branches jutting out or wavy trunks.
It was a beautiful drive up the mountains, but alas I did not see a moose. All trip we’ve been looking for one, just one, but no they have evaded us. As we continued up the mountain it was getting colder and the snow was getting thicker. At one point I got out of the car to take some photos in the snow… and I fell through. Luckily it just went up to my knees but man was that cold. I didn’t really try to go out on the snow again.
There is a spot towards the top that opens up into the valley. And there is an orange rock hanging over the edge where you can stand and look out. I surprised Becky by wanting to go out on it but it was just so beautiful I had to. As we now know, I love orange and particularly orange rock. It just contrasts so beautifully with its surroundings. The dark trees with the snow and the dark grey sky misty in the distance… mwah. perfection.
Coddiwomple With A Canvas 