Scene on Yellowstone River, Y.N.P., No. 2125

From a vantage likely upon Cement Bridge, Solomon D. Butcher & Son organize the turbulence of the Yellowstone River into a quiet, formal composition. The scene is dominated by a single vertical pine, an unorthodox choice that pushes the rapids into a secondary role as a textural field. Butcher's consistent use of a slow shutter speed dissolves the water into abstract white, a signature technique in his Canyon-area landscapes.