The Rocky Mountains, Lander‘s Peak is a landscape oil painting that was painted in 1863. The painting shows an Indian encampment and surrounding forest with a middle distance, a reflective body of water and snow-capped peak in the background. The painting is an atmospheric perspective because the mountain‘s saturation decreases. Sfumato is shown in the details of the forest and the water. Chiaroscuro is shown from the sky and mountains, to the forest and Indians encampment. Overlapping is shown on the mountains, there‘s ongoing mountains behind the main mountains. Cool colors are used for the scenery, lots of green for the grass and forest, blue for the sky and very light purple, plus white through the mountains. The painting‘s texture is visual
