The Power of Landscapes:
The Lone Cone

What inspires an artist to do what they do?

I am not an artist, but I can see one common denominator amongst our local artists who live in the Southwest Colorado.  The Lone Cone Mountain.  If you are unfamiliar with the Lone Cone it is a volcanic mountain that is part of the San Juan mountain range.  Located South of Norwood and west of Telluride Colorado, the Lone Cone is just as its name describes. 

A lone mountain with no surrounding siblings on the horizon. 

Strikingly beautiful in all seasons, in the winter its capped in snow with its base covered in bare limbed Aspens, Scrub Oaks and snow dusted Pines. Spring and Summer bring life to the mountain with budding green trees and grassy hillsides turning bright, fed by fresh snow melt and sunshine.  Then Fall follows portraying a starkly dark beauty shrouded in the colorful foliage of Autumn. 

With all these stunning seasonal changes this is one inspiring volcanic mountain. 

Below we have composed some incredible pieces of Lone Cone Art.  Paintings, woodblock art, and photography are among the various mediums used to immortalize the majestic mountain.

Do you have a favorite?

Lone Cone across Miramonte by Shirley Miller

Fallorado photograph by Jerrod Fast

Lone Cone in Fall by Ann Swift

Lone Cone beyond Miramonte submitted by Stephanie Story-Miller photograph by Jeremy Spor

Lone Cone by Jackson Ordean

Lone Cone by Ann Swift

Lone Cone woodblock print by Meredith Nemirov

Deer in Winter woodblock print by Meredith Nemirov

Lone Cone from Dry Creek Basin photo by Mont Snyder

Baby, Dog, Cone submitted by Jodie Bennett

Stormy photo by Bronwyn Wells

Lone Cone thru the Pines photo by Bronwyn Wells

Tell us which is your favorite and we will enter you into a drawing (The Power of Landscapes: The Lone Cone), to win a print of your choice* of one of four incredible Lone Cone artworks. 

We would also like to invite you to send us your favorite painting or photograph of the Lone Cone.  Simply email it to laura@created-in-colorado.com and we will load it to this page for others to enjoy as well!

*Each Painting with a star on it will be in The Power of Landscapes: The Lone Cone Drawing

Here is how to participate in the drawing:

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2. Go to www.facebook.com/CreatedInColorado and enter there! Don't forget to like us while you are there commenting on your favorite Lone Cone art!

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