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Mandy Main Paintings

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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Artist: Mandy Main
Horizon XI, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Rich reds, golds, and oranges create a minimalist yet dramatic seascape. The panoramic format evokes a sense of vastness and tranquility. Slightly darker edges ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Mandy Main Paintings

Materials

Oil

Awakening IV, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
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€...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Mandy Main Paintings

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Oil

Majestic River, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Mandy Main Paintings

Materials

Oil

Chasing Lancelot, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"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...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Mandy Main Paintings

Materials

Oil

Sublime Coast XVII, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mandy Main Paintings

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Oil

Urban Canyon II, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mandy Main Paintings

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Oil

Resonance, Abstract Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mandy Main Paintings

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Oil

Sequoia, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"This tall, thin painting captures the noble stature of an impressive redwood tree in contrast to the delicate foliage highlighted by filtered sunlight," says...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Mandy Main Paintings

Materials

Oil

Expanse VIII, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mandy Main Paintings

Materials

Oil

Golden Hills XXIV, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
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...

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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Mandy Main Paintings

Materials

Oil

Enchanted Sanctuary, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Mandy Main Paintings

Materials

Oil

Horizon X, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mandy Main Paintings

Materials

Oil

Superbloom in Tuscany, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Mandy Main Paintings

Materials

Oil

Full Spectrum Sunset, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Mandy Main Paintings

Materials

Oil

Wine Country XI, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Mandy Main Paintings

Materials

Oil

Red Sky at Night, Abstract Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mandy Main Paintings

Materials

Oil

Red Road XVI, Abstract Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A scarlet road moves forward into the distance through a soft-focused countryside creating a contemporary atmospheric landscape. "The eye moves around the com...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mandy Main Paintings

Materials

Oil

Aerial Dramatics XXIV, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Mandy Main presents an uplifting, light-filled landscape of vast green fields and limitless skies. The breathtaking vista combines old-world realism wi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mandy Main Paintings

Materials

Oil

Road Trip VI, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Mandy Main presents an expansive, glowing landscape with an accentuated perspective that pulls the eye deep into the distance. "The impressive momentum...

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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mandy Main Paintings

Materials

Oil

Expanse V, Abstract Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mandy Main Paintings

Materials

Oil

Afternoon in Tuscany, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Mandy Main Paintings

Materials

Oil

Golden Light IV, Abstract Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
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...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Mandy Main Paintings

Materials

Oil

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American Realist Western Prairie Farm Landscape Painting with Barn and Silos
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The sun breaks through the morning haze, painting the sky yellow. In the distance, low hills emerge to the left while silhouettes of dark trees stand on the rig...

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Twilight III, Oil Painting
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Desert Reflections, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
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Artist Mandy Main is passionate about mid-century modern homes - in fact, she lives in one. "I created a contrast between the iconic geometric shapes of the arc...

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Oil

Palm Springs Pool IV, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
"Oil paint with cold wax formed the bold rainbow-hued sky and its reflection in the striking triangle of light in the pool below," shares artist Mandy Main. "The mountains of distant Joshua Tree National Park and numerous palm trees gracing this Rancho Mirage desert neighborhood are visible beyond the shaded wall. In the waning light, the largest palm trees are silhouetted against the sunset colors in both the sky and the pool. The geometry of the garden and pool deck is barely visible in the deep violet shadows."


About the Artist
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Luminous Field IX, Oil Painting
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A big sky view of a glowing sunset over vineyards. "Radiating crop lines point toward the very low horizon and the uplifting burst of light piercing a fiery sky...

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Vineyard XI, Oil Painting
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Contemporary impressionist landscape of vineyards at sunset. The radiating lines of the fields lead the eye toward trees and mountains at the horizon and a bu...

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An uplifting, light-filled landscape combining old world realism with a modern aesthetic. Dramatic clouds sweep across the sky, enlivening the bucolic landscape...

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Sanctuary XII, Oil Painting
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Artist Mandy Main says she worked to capture the essence of a summer day at a bird sanctuary on the Columbia River, accessible only by boat. Dramatic clouds a...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Mandy Main Paintings

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Oil

Mandy Main paintings for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Mandy Main paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of paintings to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of orange, blue and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Mandy Main in oil paint, paint and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the abstract style. Not every interior allows for large Mandy Main paintings, so small editions measuring 11 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Elizabeth Garat, Fernando Soler, and Sherri Aldawood. Mandy Main paintings prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $525 and tops out at $3,200, while the average work can sell for $1,000.

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