Swirling Horizon
This is an oil painting on a deep-edge cotton canvas.
The painting depicts the impression of a countryside meadow, with the tangled structure of vegetation, warm lights, and trees on the distant horizon line.
I stylized the three-dimensional landscape into a decorative, textured, two-dimensional painting. The color of the trees in the upper half of the picture is bluer, less saturated, and less contrasting than the foreground, according to the laws of the spatial landscape. The deep, warm reds of the middle are accentuated by the cool blue-green shade of the lower parts. The red-green complementary contrast makes the overall image even more vibrant.
I made the painting painting with dynamic, expressive brushwork and some thick impasto layers. The top layers of thick paint were applied with a palette knife. Using the palette knife I formed a swirling, rhythmic texture. These swirling shapes show the structure and tangle of the meadow's plants. The lines formed in the paint lead the viewer's gaze from the foreground to the horizon, where they become denser and follow the shapes of the plants.
By combining colors, rhythmic lines, and patterns, I present the impression of a rural field in a stylized form.
SIZE:
- 400×400 mm, depth: 40 mm
MATERIALS:
- stretched canvas on a wooden frame (360 g/m² cotton canvas)
- professional-grade Talens Rembrandt oil paint
- protective varnish
The painting is signed on its front-, and backside.
My name is Adrienn. I was born in Hungary in 1985, and I still live here in a rural village in the country's southwestern part.
I have been interested in art since I was a child. I graduated from Zichy Mihály Secondary Vocational School of Applied Arts, in Kaposvár, as a graphic designer in 2004. After that, I got my Bachelor's degree as a stage and costume designer at the University of Kaposvár in 2008. At the university, in addition to knowledge of visual design, the focus was mainly on fine art, I had great, internationally-known, awarded masters.
After that, I worked as a graphic designer and pre-press operator for several different printing companies, but I have always wanted to focus on handpainted fine art. I started to create handpainted artwork again in 2022.
The subject of my paintings is mainly nature, often drawn from my close environment. I live in the countryside, so I just have to walk out into my garden or the nearby woods. Another favorite subject of mine is the sea. In the summer, my vacation destinations are always by the sea, I am always impressed by the huge water surface and the beauty of its surroundings. I depict nature and landscapes in slightly abstracted, simplified form, also expressing my inner world, and thoughts with the artwork.
My art was mostly influenced by impressionism, because of its closeness to nature, and the importance of human perception and experience. I try to capture the essence of the subject rather than its details. Van Gogh also influenced me, especially with his bold, dramatic brushstrokes.
My favorite technique is oil painting. I like to build up my paintings with paint layers of various thicknesses, to enrich the impasto parts with additional patterns and textures. These impasto strokes and textures express emotions and add a sense of movement to my works. I mainly work on a smaller scale on canvas, and on oil painting paper too.
With the right approach, art can be found everywhere around us, even in the most boring, ordinary environment, and I want to show this to my audience with my paintings.
More artwork by Adrienn
Crashing Waves
Evening Storm
Portrait Oil Painting - Dry Brush Technique
Lake, Field, Cloud
Coastal Clouds
Panorama In Vrbnik
Big Sur Sunset
Portrait With Dry Brush Technique
Portrait With Dry Brush Technique
Portrait With Dry Brush Technique
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