Painting 5 of 13: Tombstone Territorial Park, Yukon

The fifth painting I made in my 2023 Canadian Landscape series is Tombstone Territorial Park in the Yukon. This park boasts spectacularly rugged mountain peaks that look like, well, tombstones! I was completely enthralled by the park's dark, almost ominous beauty. This feeling is what inspired my dark color palette of predominately greys. As Yukon is located up in northern Canada, I also thought it was appropriate to include the northern lights in this painting. The neon lights illuminate the dark sky and are reflected in two of the park's lakes. ​

The main criteria I had when selecting reference photos for my Canada series was that images had to capture something truly unique about each province/territory. Tombstone Park definitely met that criteria. Mountains like this cannot be found anywhere else in the country, so it's not surprising that Tombstone Park is one of the Yukon's biggest tourist attractions. 

Tombstone Park, Yukon (Acrylic on Canvas, 18x24 inch)