San Francisco - Landscape Paintings

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My grandmother's old homestead is the inspiration behind this painting. The sunlight provides a beautiful afternoon glow on the side of the house while casti...

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Los Angeles-based and Armenian-born artist, Vahe Yeremyan, is a contemporary impressionist. Through his landscapes and city...

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This diptych was a precursor to Carole's current Churn series of waterlilies. The collection comments on the concepts of transcendence arising from the muck,...

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This painting is a contemporary interpretation of a rural country farmhouse. The surface is heavily textured with acrylic paints and texture mediums. Orange and gold dominate the scene with touches of aqua peaking through. The edges of the painting are black.

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Nancy Merkle;s process begins with a glimpse of color, a flicker of light, a pattern, or a texture. Elements swirl in her mind for hours, sometimes days, sometimes weeks before a design clicks and is transferred to canvas. With the canvas in front of her, she works intuitively -- a mark here, a mark there, a little touch of color, a bit of texture -- until she is satisfied and declares the work finished. Currently Nancy;s work leans toward abstraction; she doesn't paint the world as it is, but as she wishes it were. Bold colors and loose brush strokes are her goal. When she;s not making art, Nancy travels the Pacific Coast with a bicycle strapped to the car and curiosity in my back pocket. Fun Fact: Nancy lived in Alaska until she was five. She had bison in the backyard, bears at the landfill, and a moose who stopped by once in a while to look for sweet grass...

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Evening sunlight sifting through a stand of tree. The grass reflects the warm color of the summer day, and the trees cast a shadow as a reminder that night is...

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A panoramic landscape of Montegabbro, a tiny medieval village in the heart of Tuscany. We stayed here four years ago and loved it so much we will be returning this fall, says Mandy Main. In the foreground, the ochre and sienna toned field leads the eye into the painting. The green countryside and distant violet hills are loosely rendered, mostly using a palette knife. Shafts of light at the horizon lead the eye up to the dramatic warm clouds sweeping across the pale periwinkle blue sky. An iconic Tuscan palette. The edges of the gallery wrapped canvas are painted a dark espresso color.

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Mandy Main is an art historian and landscape painter based in the Southern California desert. She has long been passionate about 19th Century American landscape paintings, which has been influential in her artistic practice. Mandy works in series, generally three paintings at a time. Her process begins with a vision of a place she has been, but she takes creative liberties with the aesthetic details. The artist is captivated by light and shadow, and strives to instill her work with moody drama through the representation of these elements. Using layers of paint and glazes, Mandy achieves mesmerizing atmospheric depth, encouraging the viewer to gaze and be still.

Ochre Field...

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Wide open sky and hilly grasslands in western Montana. Afternoon clouds roll across the landscape and draw the eye up. Part of Nancy's signature series of nat...

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A view of the tide coming in near the artist's home. "When the tide is out, there is a lot more beach and a lot less water," Teresa says. "A calm painting wit...

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While on a summer hike in the woods, Jo discovered this stream and small pool of water. She says she couldn't resist stopping and dipping her feet in the cool...

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A sophisticated, dreamlike view of divergent paths one can take. The middle path appearing as a painting within a painting...

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Lolita sits at the Cortez Village Marina after a day's work on the rolling waters of the Gulf of Mexico. The water ripples in purples, blues and green, reflec...

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A sunset over a rocky coastline and luminous clouds rendered with a bold and graphic approach. The divergence between the clouds and the shoreline embody the ...

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"This sweet spot can be found around the base of Shannon Falls in British Columbia, the third highest falls in the province," explains Jo. "There you'll also ...

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Distant view of Mount Baker in Washington state through a stand of fir trees. Sun shimmers off of the lake in the middle ground. "Color is probably my most important consideration when making a painting," explains Teresa. "I contrast texture - thin wash next to impasto, for example. I work the shapes as if they are puzzle pieces. I use thin glazes to add luminosity and create colors that are unique and luscious, then add thick brush marks as contrast."

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Teresa Smith captures the soul of the Canadian landscape in her contemplative oil paintings. Teresa gathers impressions of the land around her remote island home on horseback rides accompanied by her Irish wolfhound. Her works capture the light coming through the trees, a richness of color, and the interconnectedness of nature. Her subjects emerge through lyrical brushwork, sometimes with light streaming as if through a stained glass window. Her major influences are Georgia O’Keeffe, Emily Carr, and the Canadian Group of Seven, the latter of whom pioneered a distinctive style defined by a direct connection with nature. In addition to painting, Teresa is a master gardener, and she grows food year-round in her garden and volunteers in the community to educate and diagnose plant problems. She works from her studio on the top floor of a barn overlooking the pond and trees, where deer walk by and ducks swim. According to Teresa, "much of today’s art is based on concept. That is, the artist has an idea, then uses their art to educate and inform. I do contemplative painting, which is different. For me, it is allowing the painting to unfold in a contemplative or meditative way."

Words that describe this painting: impressionism, landscape, mountains, trees, lake, Washington, impressionism, landscape, representational, oil painting, blue

Mt Baker...

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A puddled hillside path reflects the sky's brilliant light just after an afternoon shower. The light gives the fall trees a soft backlit appearance. "I love t...

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Night scenes fascinate me and I paint them often. The play of light from so many sources is both challenging and rewarding to work with. I don't paint the tre...

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"Artists see value in revisiting and painting a specific place," explains Kent Sullivan. "Think Monet and his haystacks. The Blac...

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This imagined landscape captures the drama of crashing waves, or a desert rock face against a cloudy sky. I worked with a seascape ...

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Doug says of this pastoral American landscape, "On Highway 2 along the Androscoggin River in Maine is the village of Rumford Center, where there is a small United Church. Its simple design and white facade are an iconic symbol of 19th century America. The church hasn't changed over the years, but the surroundings have. This painting is how I perceive the church and things were back in the simpler times when agriculture was the primary livelihood of its parishioners."

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Words that describe this painting: church, Maine, architecture, landscape, rural, farm , landscape, representational, oil painting, green

The White Church, Rumford Center
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A man casts off from a dock in morning sunshine, his reflection softly distorted in the lapping water below. "The fisherman prefers catching fish early in the...

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Jo encountered this peaceful scene at the edge of a river while on a road trip. "All that green and blue color gives a relaxing feeling after a long day's dri...

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I love sunsets and sunrises. This scene is one I see often in coastal North Carolina. The exact spot may be different, but the feeling is always the same. ...

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Inspired by a view from the lower part of Shannon Falls in British Columbia, Jo captured the mesmerizing power of the cool water rushing over the sunny rock bed...

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A bright autumn day along the river's edge. The distant shore draws the eye back into the scene and up to the passing clouds. Part of Vahe's long-running seri...

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This is another view of Campobello Island. I was inspired by the long shadows created in the late afternoon light and by the fact that it looks untouched by h...

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"Late afternoon at Cortez Village is a time of quiet repose where vessels rest after a full day of hard work on the Gulf of Mexico," says Fernando. Part of hi...

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Panoramic seascape on a gentle afternoon. Distant violet horizon set against blue and turquoise waters and a light sky give dept...

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A quiet, peaceful meadow near Lime Ridge on Mt. Diablo in California. Catherine explains that at one time, this area was bustling with mining activity. She fo...

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The vessel La Corona sits in its berth drying its nets after a hard day's work of fishing in the Gulf of Mexico. Part of Fernando's s...

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I always liked Pablo Picasso's quote Bad artists copy. Good artists steal. says Kent Sullivan. The difference is that copying is ...

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Looking towards the sun and realistically painting the natural elements as the eye perceives them is a challenge. Kent Sullivan enjoys bringing the appearance of that sun-washed eye-squinting moment. He found Charleston Harbor...

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I could gaze at this painting all day! It has an uplifting and calming presence, and because of its size, you feel like you are being wrapped in a luxurious ...

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Onelio saw this bubble busker in New York's Central Park as the mid-afternoon autumn sunlight created brilliant contrasts in the foliage that accentuated the ...

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This piece came to me all at once. I had been thinking about this particular shade of misty green for a few days, and then this painting came out all in one s...

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In this colorful landscape, James Hartman explores color placement and contrasts. The painting was worked on over a period of time, giving glimpses of differe...

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Building up many layers of color in oil paint and cold wax medium, Valerie then used scrapers to reveal the tree trunks in an abstract landscape. Warm orange and yellow trees standing in front of a cool blue and green background. Heavy texture complements the expressionist palette. The piece is part of a series of three works. Although Valerie did not create them as triptych, the three hang well close together.

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A misty dawn over a western prairie, the yellow grasses and dark foliage contrast suggesting a sunny day to come. Part of Nancy's si...

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Birch trees standing proudly in early autumn. Bright greens balanced with muted tones of pink, purple, orange and yellow. This painting is part of Vahe's long...

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A landscape street scene after a rainstorm, this painting is indicative of my broad, quick brushwork. The painting is on gallery wrapped canvas with finished ...

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A countryside path in Provence, leading through summer fields and hills. The slightly tilted composition gives the scene a first person point of view. Great d...