Mandy Main

Dreamscape III, Oil Painting

2023

Artist Comments
"Paintings are spiritual outpourings," says artist Mandy Main. She creates an atmospheric and dreamy landscape in a pastel palette. The view shows a loosely rendered river meandering in the foreground between fields of teal, green, and purple. An undefined blue and purple mountain sits on the horizon merging into vanilla-toned clouds. Airy, creamy wisps lift up into the turquoise sky giving an overall easygoing, joyful vibe. She combines oil paint with cold wax applied with knives and spatulas and uses soft brushes for blending.

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: nature, modern, landscape, river, stream, fields, clouds, peaceful, sky, skyscape, oilpaint, horizon, nature, modern , oil painting

Dreamscape III
Mandy Main
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2023
24 in. h x 24 in. w x 1.5 in. d
2 lbs. 5 oz.