Medium & Details
Oil pastels on paper
45 x 35 cm (framed)
Signed and varnished
Framed and ready to hang
Certificate of Authenticity included
Description
This work captures a contained landscape—an environment where nature continues to grow, yet remains subtly restrained.
Dark, linear structures cross the composition, forming a barrier that both divides and holds the space together. Behind and around it, branches stretch and twist, carrying small blossoms that suggest fragile, persistent life. The background glows with warm tones of coral, pink, and orange, creating a contrast between containment and quiet vitality.
The surface is layered and expressive. Marks overlap and dissolve into one another, allowing the scene to shift between structure and fluidity. The lower area reflects and absorbs these elements, drawing the viewer into a space that feels both grounded and unstable.
Subtle details emerge and disappear—small gestures, fragments of colour—suggesting movement within stillness. The composition does not describe a specific place, but rather a condition: one where growth exists within limits, and where boundaries shape perception.
Created with oil pastels, the work retains a tactile, immediate quality. The layering reflects an intuitive process, balancing control and release.
Part of my ongoing exploration of landscape as an emotional and psychological space, this piece invites the viewer to reflect on containment, resilience, and the tension between what is held and what continues to grow.
The Space That Breathes
Medium & Details
Oil pastels on paper
45 x 35 cm (framed)
Signed and varnished
Framed and ready to hang
Certificate of Authenticity included
Description
This work moves through a dense, immersive landscape where structure begins to dissolve into atmosphere.
Vertical forms emerge like trees, yet they are not fully defined. They stretch upward through layers of deep greens, turquoise, and shadow, suggesting a forest that is both present and unstable. The eye is drawn into the center, where light opens softly, creating a sense of depth and quiet movement.
Small scattered marks—like particles or distant points of light—float across the surface. They suggest presence without fixing it, moments that appear and fade, never fully settling.
The surface is fluid and layered, built through gesture and repetition. Oil pastels allow the marks to remain visible, tactile, and immediate, holding traces of both control and release.
This is not a fixed place, but a shifting environment—somewhere between memory, perception, and emotional space. A landscape that invites immersion rather than observation.
Part of my ongoing exploration of landscape as a psychological and environmental condition, the work reflects on resilience, fragility, and the subtle tension between growth and dissolution.
— Laura Bernardeschi Nelson