Mandy Main Art
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. Main 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. Main 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, Main achieves mesmerizing atmospheric depth, encouraging the viewer to gaze and be still.
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An atmospheric seascape captures a dynamic sunset through vivid gradients of orange and yellow stretching across the sky while the ocean glows in deep red. Brig...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mandy Main Art
Oil
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A scarlet road moves forward into the distance through a soft-focused countryside creating a contemporary atmospheric landscape. "The eye moves around the com...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mandy Main Art
Oil
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Rich reds, golds, and oranges create a minimalist yet dramatic seascape. The panoramic format evokes a sense of vastness and tranquility. Slightly darker edges ...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Mandy Main Art
Oil
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Rich reds, golds, and oranges create a minimalist yet dramatic seascape. The panoramic format evokes a sense of vastness and tranquility. Slightly darker edges ...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Mandy Main Art
Oil
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A monochromatic portrait of a woman with striking dark hair and makeup contrasts with the bright yellow butterflies and flowers. A glass vase with a lyrical arr...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mandy Main Art
Mixed Media
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A dreamy, atmospheric landscape captures the sunrise over a coastal sanctuary. The sun peeks over the horizon, its white glow casting a glimmer on the waterâ€...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Mandy Main Art
Oil
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A woman's face with downcast eyes emerges in a vibrant collage. Her expression is peaceful yet intense. Intricate patterns, dots, and botanical elements surroun...
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Mandy Main Art
Mixed Media
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A river gorge reflects the calm colors of the expansive sky filled with soft, billowy clouds. Distant hills lining the horizon fade into mist. A dreamy atmosp...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Mandy Main Art
Oil
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A collage created from images of playing cards significant in the game of hearts. Red, black, and gold ornate patterns fill the design. Recognizable symbols wea...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mandy Main Art
Mixed Media
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"Traveling in England's Cotswolds region, I sought out a number of impressive gardens designed by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown," shares artist Mandy Main. "This estate, Croome Court, has a colorful history, including its 1979 purchase by John Lennon for use as a Hare Krishna...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Mandy Main Art
Oil
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A light-filled seascape features a monolithic rock at the ocean's edge, with silhouettes of people accentuating its grandeur. The ethereal pastel sky contrast...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mandy Main Art
Oil
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A cityscape features a yellow sky slicing down like a bolt of lightning between rows of Manhattan skyscrapers. The tall, thin shape of the painting emphasizes...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mandy Main Art
Oil
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This painting combines landscape and abstraction to portray the sound waves beneath the earth's surface as towering columns in shades of blue, green, and purp...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mandy Main Art
Oil
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"This tall, thin painting captures the noble stature of an impressive redwood tree in contrast to the delicate foliage highlighted by filtered sunlight," says...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Mandy Main Art
Oil
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Serene, atmospheric landscape painted to convey a soothing mood. A sky of aqua-tinged blues and soft clouds hovers above velvet green fields. In the foregroun...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mandy Main Art
Oil
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"This tall, thin painting captures the noble stature of an impressive redwood tree in contrast to the delicate foliage highlighted by filtered sunlight," says...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Mandy Main Art
Oil
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A statue-like female figure appears in profile, adorned with delicate flowers in her hair. A swirling abstract design resembles a spiraling staircase or shell. ...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mandy Main Art
Mixed Media
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A monochromatic portrait of a woman with striking dark hair and makeup contrasts with the bright yellow butterflies and flowers. A glass vase with a lyrical arr...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mandy Main Art
Mixed Media
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An uplifting, light-filled landscape that combines old world realism with a modern aesthetic. Cumulus clouds gather at the horizon and sweep upward across the sky, enlivening the landscape. The cool blues of the sky contrast with the warm oranges and ochres of the hills. The long horizontal format gives a contemporary feel and a sense of calm.
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, realism, nature, clouds, sky, sunlight, countryside, panoramic, hills , landscape, realism, representational, oil painting, blue
Golden Hills...
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Mandy Main Art
Oil
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Artist Mandy Main shows a peaceful inlet surrounded by lush vegetation. Deep shadows contrast with the bright sunlight, leading the eye into the composition a...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Mandy Main Art
Oil
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An atmospheric seascape captures a dynamic sunset through vivid gradients of orange and yellow stretching across the sky while the ocean glows in deep red. Brig...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mandy Main Art
Oil
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A romantic collage inspired by Gustav Klimt’s iconic painting features a couple adorned with patterned golden robes. The shimmering background creates an ethe...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mandy Main Art
Mixed Media
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A collage depicts an opulent interior blending fantasy, luxury, and eclectic design. A grand piano, ornate furniture, and striking decorative elements fill the ...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mandy Main Art
Mixed Media
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A statue-like female figure appears in profile, adorned with delicate flowers in her hair. A swirling abstract design resembles a spiraling staircase or shell. ...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mandy Main Art
Mixed Media
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Artist Mandy Main paints a vast Tuscan countryside. A field of red poppies dazzles in the foreground as masses of impossibly bright yellow rapeseed flourish in the background. Mandy paints the nearby hills shrouded in vibrant blues and greens as the far mountains recede into the distance with gray tones. She suggests natural elements throughout the scene with loose brushwork.
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...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Mandy Main Art
Oil
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The vibrant sky transitions from yellow to orange as the sun sets. Dark purple hills contrast the colorful horizon. A river flows through the scene, reflectin...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mandy Main Art
Oil
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A vibrant collage features a bird made from torn pieces of paper. The background depicts the clouds, sky, and water. Abstract shapes and text fragments create a...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mandy Main Art
Mixed Media
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A woman poses confidently on a beach. The sky, applied in woven strips, frames her body. Images of autumnal forest cut into curved shapes form her voluminous dr...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mandy Main Art
Mixed Media
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A collage presents an interior scene with layered elements, blending warm wood tones with rustic and contemporary details. Images cut into fragments and strips ...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mandy Main Art
Mixed Media
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A vineyard stretches out with bold, loose brushwork and a dark underpainting that highlights form and color. The radiating rows of grapevines create a focused...
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Mandy Main Art
Oil
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A vertical column of fiery light resembles a glowing flame set against a dramatic sky. A reflective surface below suggests the presence of water, mirroring th...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mandy Main Art
Oil
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A scarlet road moves forward into the distance through a soft-focused countryside creating a contemporary atmospheric landscape. "The eye moves around the com...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mandy Main Art
Oil
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Artist Mandy Main presents an uplifting, light-filled landscape of vast green fields and limitless skies. The breathtaking vista combines old-world realism wi...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mandy Main Art
Oil
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Artist Mandy Main presents an expansive, glowing landscape with an accentuated perspective that pulls the eye deep into the distance. "The impressive momentum...
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mandy Main Art
Oil
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An atmospheric landscape defined by soft, rolling fog over a velvet green field. In the foreground, the suggestion of a curving road leads the eye to the hori...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mandy Main Art
Oil
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Artist Mandy Main based this painting on a walk she took in Tuscany just after a rainstorm. Billowing clouds float in the robin's egg blue sky. Long shadows e...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Mandy Main Art
Oil
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An abstract landscape with a warm, earthy palette depicts mountains with a river gorge in between. Energetic strokes of light on the horizon leap into the sky...
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mandy Main Art
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