The Door Between Worlds

Price: £320
Oil pastel on paper, 45 × 35 cm — framed, signed, varnished
Artist: Laura Bernardeschi Nelson

The Door Between Worlds portrays a dreamlike journey through a forest where reality and imagination seem to merge. A blue-green wooden walkway stretches forward, guiding the viewer toward a solitary door standing at the edge of a glowing, fiery woodland. The surrounding trees blaze with deep pinks, reds, and golds, suggesting a world in transformation — intense, alive, and slightly dangerous.

The mysterious door has no visible destination and appears to rise organically from the trees themselves, as if grown rather than built. It invites the viewer to wonder:
Where does it lead?
What lies beyond?
Is this a threshold to memory, escape, renewal, or something yet unknown?

Through expressive strokes, high contrast, and a powerful interplay of warm and cool tones, the artwork evokes both suspense and curiosity. It becomes a metaphor for inner transitions — a moment in life where one must choose whether to step forward into uncertainty or remain where things feel familiar.

This piece blends mystical storytelling with environmental sensitivity, continuing Laura Bernardeschi Nelson’s exploration of the emotional landscapes that lie between nature and the human spirit.

Winter Dream Sunset

Price £320
Oil pastel on paper, 45 × 35 cm — framed, signed, varnished
Artist: Laura Bernardeschi Nelson

Winter Dream Sunset unfolds like a vision from a half-remembered dream—an icy landscape illuminated by a breathtaking burst of colour. A vast frozen lake stretches forward, catching the luminous reflection of a glowing sun that descends behind a forest of dark, skeletal trees. The fiery reds, oranges, and pinks of the sky melt upward into soft blue and turquoise, creating a sky that feels alive, shifting, and impossibly vibrant.

The winter trees stand like silent guardians on the horizon, their elongated reflections dripping into the icy water. The sun itself appears almost mythical—wrapped in swirling bands of light, as if the world is exhaling warmth for a moment before returning to cold stillness.

The composition balances tranquility with drama:

• The cool blues of the foreground evoke frozen quiet and calm.
• The burning sky speaks of intensity, emotion, and transformation.
• The mirror-like reflection ties both worlds together, blurring the line between waking and dreaming.

In this landscape, winter is not bleak—it is radiant, magical, and full of wonder. Through expressive strokes and rich colour layering, Laura Bernardeschi Nelson creates a dreamscape where nature becomes a living poem, inviting the viewer to step inside the heart of a winter sunset and linger in its warmth.