The Copper River | Jacqueline Bellows

• Gem of Ice

  Oil, Linen, 18 x 24. Leaving the campground our guides dubbed "Red Rocks," the morning was dense with fog. Looming out of the semi-darkness were bergy bits, miniature icebergs, calved off of Miles Glacier. We passed gre…

• A Land Sculpted by Ice

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 36. Miles Lake is not actually a lake but a large shallow basin, carved out by the Miles and Child glaciers advancing until they almost met and retreating again. The Copper River slows down and deposit…

• Too Many Mountains to Name Them All

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 36 x 3/4. We camped across the river from this impressively solid and looming mountain on the Copper River, our second camp. After painting it en plein air, I asked each of the three guides the mountai…

• Les Barricades Mystérieuses

  Oil, Canvas, 22 inches x 28 inches. This is the first of my studio paintings from my 11-day trip -- with easel, paints, and canvases -- down the Copper River. This was just below the start of our in Chitina. We are abou…

• Rain on Copper

  Oil, Linen, 18 x 24 x 3/4. We are deep into our raft trip on the Copper River here. Beyond the narrow channel the river opens up into what traveler's have named "The Big Room." Once there the sun came out and we camped…

• Water, Light Breeze, Sunset, Copper River

  Oil, Canvas, 24 x 62 x 3/4. This is a diptych, 24x48 and 24x24. Light, fluffy clouds, sunset pink, reflected in the river water, riffled by a light breeze.

• The Face of the Ice 1

  Oil, Canvas, 16 x 12 x 3/4

• The River Ran Here Just a Week Since

  Oil, Canvas, 18 x 36 x 3/4. This is the view south and east from our campground, "Red Rocks" in the Miles Lake stretch of the Copper River. It was a scene of wide space and great depth. The puddle left behind when the r…