Mandy Main

Dune Grass VI, Oil Painting

2023

Artist Comments
This painting captures a serene beach filled with warm light. In the foreground, lush grasses catch the glow of the setting sun while the water beyond the dunes gently dissolves into mist. The radiant sunset at the horizon contrasts with the cool blues of the sky and the sea.

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: water, ocean, sea, beach, sand, waves, cloud, sunset, dune, grass, sky, horizon, seascape, realism, oil painting, blue

Dune Grass VI
Mandy Main
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished black edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2023
12 in. h x 12 in. w x 1.5 in. d
1 lbs. 0 oz.