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This painting was painted on location near Treasure Mountain Boy Scout Camp by Driggs, Idaho. I had taken my son to a leadership training course and I stayed nearby and painted several pleinaire pieces. I completed this painting the last morning I was there and was delighted with it. Whenever I look at it there is a bit of campfire aroma and once in a while a distant series of enthusiastic shouting and chanting from the voices of boys learning about themselves and each other; and for me, a father: a time to- "treasure" these mountains.

Steve Spencer, an Idaho native, is a self-taught wildlife, landscape and portrait artist. His paintings are the fruit of rigorous contact with the source, the hours he spends in front of an easel are preceded by weeks in the mountains and canyons of the west. The landscapes are places he has walked and is familiar with. Steve's work is an articulate expression of his love for the "delicate weave of extremes" that is the West. He finds individual purpose and challenge in his creations, allowing his works to "speak for themselves". Throughout Steve's 40 years as a professional artist he only offered his work as originals. Just recently he has made the decision to allow many of his former works to be printed and distributed by fineart...