Forest and tree landscape paintings by American artist Holly Van Hart

Washed in Light

Have you ever strolled through a forest and felt strong sunlight beaming through the trees? That’s what I was aiming for with this new painting, Washed in Light. It is set in springtime, with lots of bright yellow-green leaves. Come take a walk with me down the winding path!

: Washed in Light
36 x 48″ mixed media painting by Holly Van Hart
$4800

Here are some in-progress pics for this painting –

: This will be a new forest painting. Experimenting with using more yellow.

: Add the sky and started some trees.

: Lots more trees, adding variety of sizes and colors.

: And even more trees.

: Starting to add the leaves.

: Lots more leaves. The background leaves need to be pushed back (to give it more depth).

Drumroll please. Here’s the finished painting –

: Washed in Light
36 x 48″ mixed media painting by Holly Van Hart
$4800

And here’s how it would look hanging in a living room –

Washed in Light
Mixed media painting by Holly Van Hart
(Installed)

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Sweet Escape

: Sweet Escape
30 x 40 oil painting by Holly Van Hart (sold)
See available forest paintings here

We all need to escape sometimes!

Relaxing in the Pause – New abstract forest painting

While strolling in my neighborhood recently (in Saratoga, CA), I spotted a wooded field with sun streaming through the trees. The shadows and colors were captivating! I snapped some pics and excitedly ran back to my studio. Many moons later, this is what resulted –

forest trees field sunlight - mixed media painting by Holly Van Hart - Relaxing in the Pause - 31 x 50 x 1.5 (Custom)

Relaxing in the Pause
31 x 50″ mixed media painting by Holly Van Hart
$4500

We lead such hectic lives, and I wanted this painting to give us reason to slow down and ponder the fascinations of life. Hence the title, “Relaxing in the Pause”.

If you’re interested, please contact me (holly.vanhart@gmail.com, 650 646 5590). For VIP members, shipping is free in the continental US. To see this painting in person, you are welcome to come for a studio visit.

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Beyond the Visible

: Beyond the Visible
48 x 60 mixed media painting by Holly Van Hart
$7500

What’s beyond the branches that we see here? ‘Beyond the Visible’ (above) nudges us to reflect on the mysteries of the unknown.

The painting is currently hanging in my home, but it could be hanging in yours!

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New Tree Painting – Standing tall

Trees can have a commanding presence, especially when they are tall. Do you love being surrounded by towering forest? I do!

I aimed to capture that feeling here with my new tree painting, Standing Tall –

: Standing Tall
48 x 48″ mixed media painting by Holly Van Hart
Available through GP Deva Gallery. Contact Iris Shih, helloiris@gpdeva.com

Here are some in-progress pics for this painting –

: The first step was to loosely paint very tall tree trunks. Next, I started adding leaves (upper right).

: Next, I painted the leaves, and the shadows on the ground.

: Studying what to do next. I decided to brighten up the leaves in the foreground, and add more colorful leaves in the background (using heavier texture).

Here’s the finished painting –

: Standing Tall
48 x 48″ mixed media painting by Holly Van Hart
Available through GP Deva Gallery. Contact Iris Shih, helloiris@gpdeva.com

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New! A Deep Breath

As you scroll down, you’ll see the progression of a newly released painting called ‘A Deep Breath’.

But first, I’d like to share this quote because captures my inspiration for this painting . . .

“In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect.” — Alice Walker

Starting a new forest drip painting. After failing at a bunch of earlier drip paintings Im determined to approach this differently | Holly Van Hart

One cool way to make a perfect, imperfect painting is to rely on lots of drips. That’s what I’ll do here.

Forest landscape painting in progress | Holly Van Hart

The drips can look like trunks, and branches, and, well, drips.
In the art world, when you can clearly see signs that something is a painting (and not a photo and not a photorealistic painting), we call this “painterly”.
This will be painterly.

Detail - A Deep Breath - Mixed media painting by Holly Van Hart - 48 x 48

Here’s a detail view.
The closer up you look, the more painterly it gets!

And (take a deep breath) here’s the finished painting . . .

A Deep Breath
48 x 48″ mixed media painting by Holly Van Hart
$6500

Installed painting - Landscape forest - A Deep Breath - Mixed media painting by Holly Van Hart - 48 x 48 INSTALLED (Custom)

‘A Deep Breath’ is hanging in my entryway.
It could be hanging in yours!
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