Heidi Hybl

Hauntingly Quiet, Abstract Oil Painting

2024

Artist Comments
Like much of her work, artist Heidi Hybl created this abstract composition to capture the beauty of California’s Big Sur Coast. A freer, more gestural approach to paint handling brings a calming energy to the piece, capturing both the essence of the seascape and the power of abstraction.

About the Artist
Artist Heidi Hybl starts each day listening to the birds sing in the canyon near her home in Big Sur. Then, she makes a cup of tea, reviews the previous day’s work, turns on her podcasts and starts. She paints in a small studio that is separate from her house, and works on several pieces at a time within what she would call “organized chaos.” She also takes time to tend her flowers, vegetables, chickens and goats. A former medical professional, Heidi worked for several years with laser machines, developing a knowledge and a fascination with the color spectrum and light. Living in Big Sur offers inspiration in the ever-changing atmospheric conditions that arise when hills, canyons, and ocean meet. She then reduces these elements to an abstract experience on canvas in a color palette derived from her surroundings: sunsets and storms, fire and fog.

Words that describe this painting: sea, water, sky, calm, Big Sur Coast, California, ocean, mist, fog, abstract, seascape, oil painting, blue

Hauntingly Quiet
Heidi Hybl
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front
2024
30 in. h x 24 in. w x 1.5 in. d
3 lbs. 5 oz.