“Autumn on the Edge”
Medium: Oil pastels on paper
Size: 45 × 35 cm (framed, signed, and varnished)
Artist: Laura Bernardeschi Nelson
Price £280
Interpretation:
In Autumn on the Edge, Laura Bernardeschi Nelson transforms a tranquil seasonal moment into a meditation on change — both natural and existential. The river bends quietly through a blaze of crimson and gold, yet the intensity of the colors and the restless energy of the strokes suggest a landscape in transition, perhaps even in tension.
The vibrant reds, layered with undertones of violet and ochre, speak of beauty at its peak — and of its impermanence. Beneath the surface calm of the blue water lies an awareness of shifting balance: seasons arriving earlier, staying longer, burning brighter. Nelson’s use of oil pastels captures this duality — the tactile joy of nature’s cycles and the uneasy awareness of their fragility.
Autumn on the Edge can be read as both an ode to the enduring rhythms of the earth and a quiet warning — a reminder that the splendour of change may also carry the trace of loss.
Title: Winter Lake in Fog
Artist: Laura Bernardeschi Nelson
Medium: Oil pastels on paper
Dimensions: 45 x 35 cm
Details: Framed, signed, and varnished
Description:
Winter Lake in Fog captures the quiet poetry of a frozen landscape where air, water, and light dissolve into one another. The scene unfolds in soft gradations of icy blue and silver-grey, with whispers of peach and green suggesting the faint warmth of distant light. Bare winter branches frame the composition like delicate silhouettes, their forms softened by mist and reflection.
Through layered textures and expressive strokes, the artist evokes both the fragility and resilience of nature in its resting state. The fog acts as a veil — mysterious yet gentle — drawing the viewer inward toward a horizon that seems to fade into dreamlike stillness.
A contemplative piece that speaks of silence, transience, and the beauty of still moments suspended in time.
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