Mandy Main

Velocity, Abstract Oil Painting

2021

Artist Comments
In this contemporary impressionistic scene, artist Mandy Main captures the sense of racing through the desert just before nightfall. "Headlights illuminate glimpses of road and greenery in streaking lines of light, and in the distance, a striking mid-century house is silhouetted by the deep blue sky. The last gleam of light shimmers at the horizon and a sliver of moon and the first stars are beginning to appear. The thrill of speed on the diagonal contrasts with the horizontal calm of the peaceful horizon beyond."

About the Artist
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.

Words that describe this painting: landscape, desert, night, modern, moon, road, driving, blur, abstract, landscape, representational, oil painting, black

Velocity
Mandy Main
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished black edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2021
36 in. h x 24 in. w x 1.5 in. d
4 lbs. 6 oz.