Rounding the Mountain New Release:

Rounding the Mountain

Original oil on board, 16 x 20"

'Cat Mountain' in the Tucson Mountain Range, AZ

Cat Mountain is the southern backdrop to an area of Tucson, Arizona, known as “Starr Pass”. At the southeastern edge of Tucson Mountain Park, it shoots out of the desert floor like a monument, about 3,838 feet high.

There are 360 degrees of views of the city of Tucson, its mountain ranges and beyond. What a thrill to look SW to see the mountains Babo and Kitt, looking SE to see Mt. Wrightson, glancing E to see the Rincon Mountain Range, turning N to see the Catalina Mountains, viewing NW to see the Tortolita Mountain Range, and W into more of the Tucson Mountains.

Cat Mountain is in the Old Pueblo region enlightening the eye with many colors, especially during an evening sunset. One of the artist favorite to climb on an afternoon stroll in the winter.


Contemporary artist Turning Bear Mason specializes in classical realism and impressionism. Landscapes, portraits, and wildlife themes are available as Original Oil Paintings, LTD and Giclee Prints, Pencil Portraits and Scrimshaw. He enjoys painting Glacier National Park, Montana and Saguaro National Park, Arizona. Recent works include exquisite renderings of signature holes at premier golf destinations in Arizona and Montana. "For me," says Turning Bear, "painting dramatic landscapes of the West is the most challenging and rewarding of the artistic adventures I take. The White Stallion commission was a real boost for me, and since then, numerous commissions and LTD reproduction works have followed." From St. Mary Lake in Glacier National Park to Latigo Ranch in Colorado, his catalogue of commissioned works continues to grow.

"So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God".
1 Corinthians 10:31

Turning Bear is a member of:
Oil Painters of America   www.oilpaintersofamerica.com
National Dude Ranchers Association   www.duderanch.org
Glacier National Park Fund   www.glacierfund.org
Glacier Natural History Association   www.glacierassociation.org
Hockaday Museum   www.hockadaymuseum.org
Whitefish Chamber of Commerce   www.whitefishchamber.com
Whitefish Visitors Bureau   www.whitefishvisit.com
Bigfork Art & Cultural Center   visitmt.com

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