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.
Summer Breeze, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The atmospheric impressionist landscape painting emphasizes light, space, and mood over fine detail. An expansive sky occupies nearly three-quarters of the comp...
Oil
Majestic Cascade, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Loose, lively brushwork depicts a cascading waterfall flowing over a rocky cliff. Water tumbles down into a pool below, its spray and movement creating a sense ...
Oil
Bucolic Valley, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A vibrant, loosely rendered landscape captures a serene and expansive rural scene. In the foreground, bright green fields with varied shading create depth and t...
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...
Oil
Cactus Apples, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A quiet desert vista in Joshua Tree National Park basks in cool afternoon light. In the foreground, a cluster of prickly pear cacti with soft blue-green pads, t...
Oil
Magic Hour VI, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A winding road curves toward softly silhouetted mountains. As the moon rises, the sky transitions from blue to warm yellow and muted pastels near the horizon. A...
Oil
Oasis III, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Indian Canyons in Palm Springs has the world's largest naturally occurring oasis of Washingtonian palms. In this plein air painting, rich textures and expressiv...
Oil
Blue Horizon, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A tranquil coastal seascape captures the interplay of light, sea, and sky. Dramatic blue-gray clouds stretch across the sky, opening to reveal soft sunlight ref...
Oil
Samui Sunrise, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Golden skies glow above a tranquil tropical shoreline as gentle waves kiss a curving stretch of dark sand. The silhouettes of two small fishing boats rest quiet...
Oil
Joshua Tree III, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A dramatic desert landscape from a low vantage point gives the iconic Joshua Tree boulders a powerful presence. A dark, twisting tree reaches upward with organi...
Oil
Drifting into Light, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Blurring the line between sea and sky, this realistic seascape painting evokes a suspended moment where perception gives way to reverie. Subtle gradations of bl...
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...
Oil
The Road Home II, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A vast landscape unfolds beneath a sweeping, dynamic sky. Fields of green and yellow hint at lush grass and vegetation, while intersecting pathways guide the ey...
Oil
Dune Grass III, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Soft clouds drift across the sky in this serene coastal landscape. A narrow stretch of brown and green dune grasses extends diagonally into the distance. At the...
Oil
Eucalyptus at the Marina, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This plein air painting captures a eucalyptus tree shimmering in the warm late afternoon light. Behind an embankment, only the masts of sailboats and the roofli...
Oil
Desert Sunset, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Palm trees and desert vegetation frame a road stretching into the distance. At the horizon, purple mountains rise under a sky filled with multicolored clouds. A...
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...
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...
Oil
Oasis, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A close-up painting depicts the Palm Canyon stream nestling among rocks and desert vegetation. Clusters of grasses and desert plants grow along the banks, their...
Oil
Cholla Cactus, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
As the sun sets behind the Joshua Tree Cholla Garden, the backlit plants glow with halos as their fine, bristling spines catch the light, both delicate and unto...
Oil
Red Field XXI, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Rows of vibrant green and earthy red plants sweep diagonally across the rolling landscape, creating a pattern that draws the eye in. The loose brushwork contras...
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...
Oil
$3,849
H 12 in W 18 in D 2 in
Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Oil of Wastwater, Lake District.
By Rene Jerome Legrand
Located in ludlow, GB
Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Oil Painting of Wastwater in the Lake District. A famous view of one of England's most beautiful and dramatic locations. A Misty mountain view ...
Oil
Williamsburg VA in Spring
By Guy Carleton Wiggins
Located in Milford, NH
A fine spring scene in historic Williamsburg, Virginia with the Governor’s Palace in the background by American artist Guy Carleton Wiggins (1883-1962). Wiggins was born in Brooklyn,...
Canvas, Oil
British Schooner Anchored at Naples
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
A classic scene of a large mid-Nineteenth Century schooner at rest in the Mediterranean port painted by the Italian countryman Tomaso De Simone. The complete narrative scene around the schooner's broadside is complemented with a British merchant steam/sail ship, local boats and the colorful sky and headland architecture of the ancient city. The vast serenity and unspoiled life of cruising the Mediterranean Ocean...
Canvas, Oil
Aftermath of a Tyne River Storm
By Robert Salmon
Located in Costa Mesa, CA
Painted with unsurpassed detail, Robert Salmon's works are desirable to collectors the world over, due to the impressive amount of historic subject matter presented through artistic compositions of the highest order. As an artist Salmon was one of the most important to come out of England and immigrate to America in this period, influencing the art of Fitz Henry Lane...
Oil, Panel
$3,472
H 22.05 in W 25.79 in
Beach Curve in the Evening Light by Swedish Artist Herman Österlund, 1920s
By Herman Österlund
Located in Stockholm, SE
Herman Österlund was a Swedish artist best known for his beautiful depictions of the west coast of Sweden. He moved to Stockholm in 1896 and passed the test for entering the Royal A...
Canvas, Oil
$2,707
H 9.45 in W 13.39 in
Landscape With Mill at Sunset by Swedish Artist Mauritz Lindström
Located in Stockholm, SE
The small yet stirring painting "Landscape With Mill at Sunset" showcases the remarkable talent of Swedish painter Mauritz Lindström. He was a resp...
Oil, Wood Panel
$4,002
H 26.38 in W 16.93 in
Sea View from Menton, Côte d'Azur, France. By Johan Peter von Wildenradt
Located in Stockholm, SE
Born in Helsingør, Denmark, in 1861, Johan Peter von Wildenradt studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen under the renowned Laurits Tuxen. In the late 1880s, he...
Oil, Wood Panel
$2,589
H 9.45 in W 12.6 in
Summer Landscape With Cattle by British Artist Sidney Pike, Oil on Canvas
By Sidney Pike
Located in Stockholm, SE
A wonderful painting by British artist Sidney Pike (1846-1907). Pike is best known for his depictions of the English countryside, and he attended many time...
Canvas, Oil
$4,056
H 26 in W 32 in D 2 in
Nineteenth Century Impressionist Landscape of River with Cattle grazing in Field
Located in ludlow, GB
Nineteenth Century Impressionist Oil Painting of River Severn Landscape with Cattle watering and green Fields on a Summers Day. Signed Oil on Canvas on Stretchers and Framed in a Wh...
Oil
$3,849
H 20 in W 30 in D 2 in
Twentieth Century Marine Oil of Thames Barges on the Medway with power station
Located in ludlow, GB
Twentieth Century Marine Oil Painting of Thames Barges on the Medway with power station in the background by Vic Ellis. Vic Ellis RSMA 1921 - 1984 Thames Barges and other Shipping....
Oil
$750
H 33.5 in W 45 in D 3 in
Jan Schaeffer(1923-2018) "Ships in Port" Original Oil Painting c.1930s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jan Schaeffer(1923-2018) "Ships in Port" Original Oil Painting c.1930s This fine original oil on canvas is signed in the lower left corner. Though undat...
Canvas, Oil
$6,800
H 23 in W 27 in D 1.5 in
Alice R. Comins NH Winter Landscape Oil Painting, Mount Monadnock, 1907
Located in Milford, NH
A fine winter landscape with Mount Monadnock in New Hampshire by American artist Alice R. Comins (1861-1943). Comins was a native of Gloucester, Massachusetts, and began her study of...
Canvas, Oil
Afterglow XII, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A dark shoreline seemingly stretches into the horizon, setting a moody tone for this seascape. Thick, greenish-gray clouds fill the sky, sharply divided from th...
Oil
Awakening II, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
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...
Oil
Twilight III, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Artist Mandy Main presents a light-filled atmospheric landscape that combines old-world realism with a modern aesthetic. Uplifting radiant light, created by bui...
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
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: sunset, desert, pool, landscape, nature, nocturne, palm trees, sky, clouds, reflections, evening, sunset, dusk, twilight, California, Palm Springs, landscape, representational, modern , oil painting, orange
Oil
Golden Light III, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"The unfolding landscape moves through fields and trees which appear realistic but are really only suggested with loose brushstrokes, giving a fresh, dynamic ...
Oil
Luminous Field IX, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
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...
Oil
Vineyard XI, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
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...
Oil
Golden Hills XXIII, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
An uplifting, light-filled landscape combining old world realism with a modern aesthetic. Dramatic clouds sweep across the sky, enlivening the bucolic landscape...
Oil
Sanctuary XII, Oil Painting
By Mandy Main
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
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...
Oil