Crystal DiPietro

Mountain Majesty, Oil Painting

2020

Artist Comments
A panoramic view of peaks along the Utah/Colorado border. Crystal says she was inspired by a beautiful September hike up South Mountain in the La Sal Range in Utah. "The clouds were looming and shifting, creating colorful shadows on the mountains." Warm, golden grasses punctuate the cool, earthy purple landscape and deep evergreen forest. Blue sky peeks out from the fast moving clouds.

About the Artist
Many artists work with the landscape, but Crystal DiPietro sees her works as different from most in the genre. "I tend not to see landscapes as soft and pretty, but as rugged, dramatic and colorful." Many of her works depict wild storms and moody sunsets. She spends a lot of time in remote spots and uses layers of color to create her compositions. Her work hovers between a brief impression of a scene and a pure dream. Crystal's landscapes of southern Utah seem to undulate and continuously change. What's interesting, though, is that these mountains and valleys seem to do the same thing in person. In these areas, the view changes constantly throughout the day as the light shifts, throwing shadows of faces, mazes and alien patterns across the cliff faces. Crystal impressively captures what's there, and what seems to be but isn't.

Words that describe this painting: mountains, desert, landscape, clouds, west, western, southwest, impressionism, fall, peaks, Rocky Mountains, Rockies, Utah, sky, autumn, forest, impressionism, landscape, western, representational, oil painting, green, yellow

Mountain Majesty
Crystal DiPietro
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on back
2020
30 in. h x 40 in. w x 1.5 in. d
6 lbs. 0 oz.