Mandy Main

Estuary V, Oil Painting

2023

Artist Comments
Artist Mandy Main paints a traditional old-world landscape of a peaceful estuary filled with warm greens and blues. Hazy and ivory-tinted clouds conceal the afternoon sun, diffusing a gentle light across the sky. Vague impressions of the scene are observed on the distant shoreline while a still river, framed with verdant fields, mirrors the proud trees in the foreground. The piece offers a sweeping panoramic view, capturing the tranquil ambiance of nature at this glorious time of day.

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: realism, nature, water, river, stream, clouds, fields, luminism, panoramic, reflection, sky, water, skyscape, horizon, oilpaint, nature, realism, oil painting, blue

Estuary V
Mandy Main
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2023
12 in. h x 24 in. w x 2.5 in. d
2 lbs. 2 oz.