The Mountains Declare His Glory
by Thomas Kinkade
Image Size 20 x 24" or 24 x 30" or 32 x 42"

I began to imagine how it might feel to live in perfect harmony with such grandeur, to be literally a part of the valley. When my family wandered through the national park visitor center, I discovered a key to my fantasy. There was a recreation of a Miwok Indian Village, the wigwams woven of redwood bark.

When I returned to my studio, I began work on The Mountains Declare His Glory, a poetic expression of what I felt at that transforming moment of inspiration when I entered an immortal scene and made it my own. Because I felt that the valley was, in a sense, a projection screen on which the drama of God's sunset is heightened, I intensified the lavish colors in my painting. To look on this valley is truly to glimpse the face of God.

As a final touch, I even added a Miwok Indian Camp along the river as an affirmation that man has his place, even in a setting touched by God's glory.

-Thomas Kinkade