New abstract landscape painting – Dreams that Dance
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Dreams That Dance
48 x 36″ mixed media painting by Holly Van Hart
$4800
Story behind the painting
Hi there!
Here’s the story behind Dreams That Dance. Some of my paintings are designed in advance, and others (like Dreams That Dance) are the result of a more experimental process.
When starting Dreams That Dance, I aimed to push the boundaries of abstraction with a lively and mysterious landscape. I chose the colors (light greens and blues, offset by darker browns) and set off on an adventure, not knowing what the future would hold.
The horizon was demarcated with a straight gray-brown line; then, acrylic paints were used in an experimental watercolor-like fashion to approximate the sky, clouds, land and water. The paints were applied with a brush and allowed to drip in ways that I found pleasing, and then the canvas was lay flat to dry. (The non-pleasing drips got wiped away or otherwise eliminated.) I repeated this with 15 or more layers of paint until satisfied with the overall result.
In my work, I like to balance a feeling of peacefulness with a certain liveliness and happy energy. Does that show through here?
If you’d like to see more, please click here to see additional available landscape paintings.