Crystal DiPietro

Untamed Ridge, Original Painting

2022

Artist Comments
In artist Crystal DiPietro's jeweled-toned impressionist piece, a craggy mountain ridge sits in view. She paints on location at the muddy southwestern mountains, drawing a specific enthrallment from its rich earthy tones. Crystal works loosely with washes of flowing color in the pink and orange hues of the desert. She reigns it all in with relaxed linework pulling the forms together.

About the Artist
Artist Crystal DiPietro paints majestic sceneries inspired by her personal trips to beautiful untamed places. She creates landscapes as rugged and dramatic—setting her style apart from the usual soft and delicate perspectives of the genre. Crystal pursued art school in Washington, D.C., where she got to go behind the scenes in major galleries and explore hiking, a huge source of her work inspiration. She composes her work with bold natural views in unique angles, vibrant colors, and loose brushstrokes. With her own photography used as a reference, Crystal expresses the details in her paintings slowly, in layers, the same way a photograph develops. “I intend to show a subtle beauty where the viewer may never have thought to look,” says Crystal. Her work hovers between capturing a brief dream and a contemplative impression of the scene. She achieves this by allowing viewers to come away with new respect and appreciation for the worlds around them.

Words that describe this painting: plein air, desert, landscape, southwest, west, western, mountains, rocks, wilderness, nature, mixed media, ridge, cliff, impressionism, nature, mixed media artwork, orange

Untamed Ridge
Crystal DiPietro
Watercolor and markers on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on back
2022
34 in. h x 40 in. w x 1.5 in. d
5 lbs. 8 oz.