Mandy Main

The Great Midwest, Oil Painting

2019

Artist Comments
Two peaceful farms divided by an unpaved road, crowned with a large expanse of cloud swept sky. "As we drove across America last year, scenes like this became iconic images for me of the country's heartland," says Mandy. "I was drawn to the dark shadow stretching across the foreground, while the farms and fields are highlighted." Cyan sky, ochre and sienna fields. The diagonal line of the road leads the eye to the horizon with its trees and buildings, before it lifts to the sky. The gallery wrapped edges are painted a dark espresso color.

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, farm, fields, pasture, sky, clouds, rural, landscape, representational, oil painting

The Great Midwest
Mandy Main
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2019
12 in. h x 12 in. w x 1.5 in. d
1 lbs. 11 oz.