Mandy Main

Road Trip VI, Oil Painting

2023

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 of the road is tempered by the receding serene fields on either side," says Mandy. The panoramic presentation accommodates both tempos–the fleeting and the tranquil. Dramatic clouds move across the sky, disappearing into darker blue grays on the far right, inviting the eye to focus on the yellow sky at the horizon warmed by the setting sun unseen on the left.

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, road, trees, sky, clouds, fields, sunset, panoramic, travel, horizon, oilpaint, travel, realism, oil painting, blue

Road Trip VI
Mandy Main
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished black edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2023
8 in. h x 24 in. w x 1.5 in. d
1 lbs. 3 oz.