American Realist Art
Artist Comments
A panoramic landscape of Montegabbro, a tiny medieval village in the heart of Tuscany. We stayed here four years ago and loved it so much we will be returning this fall, says Mandy Main. In the foreground, the ochre and sienna toned field leads the eye into the painting. The green countryside and distant violet hills are loosely rendered, mostly using a palette knife. Shafts of light at the horizon lead the eye up to the dramatic warm clouds sweeping across the pale periwinkle blue sky. An iconic Tuscan palette. The edges of the gallery wrapped canvas 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.
Ochre Field...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art
Oil
1920s American Realist Art
Etching
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art
Archival Paper, Watercolor
1920s American Realist Art
Etching
1960s American Realist Art
Oil
19th Century American Realist Art
Canvas, Oil
1880s American Realist Art
Etching
Late 20th Century American Realist Art
Paper, Watercolor
1980s American Realist Art
Archival Paper, Watercolor
Early 20th Century American Realist Art
Drypoint
1920s American Realist Art
Pencil, India Ink
1980s American Realist Art
Lithograph
1980s American Realist Art
Archival Paper, Watercolor
1980s American Realist Art
Archival Paper, Watercolor
1990s American Realist Art
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Artist Comments
Part of David Shepherd's latest series of hyperrealist paintings focusing on women's lips. A sensual portrait rendered in extremely precise painting. Among ot...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art
Oil
1920s American Realist Art
Etching
1980s American Realist Art
Screen
19th Century American Realist Art
Paper, Pencil
1930s American Realist Art
Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
1990s American Realist Art
Lithograph
Artist Comments
Part of David Shepherd's latest series of hyperrealist paintings focusing on women's faces. A sensual portrait rendered in extremely precise painting. Among o...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art
Oil
2010s American Realist Art
Paper, Mixed Media
1970s American Realist Art
Lithograph
1980s American Realist Art
Screen
1980s American Realist Art
Screen
1940s American Realist Art
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
1920s American Realist Art
Etching
2010s American Realist Art
Panel, Oil
1980s American Realist Art
Screen
1980s American Realist Art
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Pencil
1930s American Realist Art
Watercolor
1980s American Realist Art
Screen
1960s American Realist Art
Lithograph
1930s American Realist Art
Watercolor
1970s American Realist Art
Lithograph
1940s American Realist Art
Paper, Mixed Media
Artist Comments
In this hyperrealistic painting, David depicts a model holding plastic to her face. The work is meant as a commentary on global warming and a need to plan fo...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art
Oil
19th Century American Realist Art
Etching
2010s American Realist Art
Canvas, Oil
1950s American Realist Art
Charcoal
1920s American Realist Art
Lithograph
1920s American Realist Art
Etching
2010s American Realist Art
Oil, Canvas
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art
Paper, Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art
Paper, Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art
Panel, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art
Panel, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art
Panel, Gouache
2010s American Realist Art
Canvas, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art
Archival Paper, Watercolor
1970s American Realist Art
Watercolor
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art
Oil, Panel
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art
Panel, Oil
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Art
Paper, Giclée
1960s American Realist Art
Pen, Watercolor
1980s American Realist Art
Lithograph
1970s American Realist Art
Board, Watercolor