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Title: Child of the Sky
Original Oil Pastel Artwork by Laura Bernardeschi Nelson
A child on a swing, suspended beneath a glowing celestial orb, floats above a forest wrapped in twilight. Child of the Sky is an original oil pastel painting by Laura Bernardeschi Nelson that explores themes of solitude, memory, and our eternal dialogue with the cosmos.
Here, the figure swings not from a tree, but from the sky itself—gently tethered to a luminous sun or moon that radiates warmth and wonder. The landscape below glows with fading daylight, trees silhouetted against a horizon of fire and shadow. Birds soar upward, echoing the ascent of thought, dream, or spirit.
Created using only oil pastels, this piece is rich in texture and light. Layer upon layer of pigment builds an atmosphere alive with movement and emotion. The sky dissolves into tones of rose, lavender, and smoky indigo. Fine flecks of white drift through the night air—stars, snow, or perhaps something more metaphorical. Each stroke is intentionally placed to blend the tangible and the intangible.
This painting arose from the artist’s quiet reflections on childhood as both a fleeting time and a constant inner presence. The swing becomes more than a memory—it is a metaphor for transcendence, for touching the unknown, for being suspended between what was and what could be.
🖌️ Artwork Details
Title: Child of the Sky
Artist: Laura Bernardeschi Nelson
Medium: Oil pastels on paper
Technique: Hand-layered oil pastel application for luminous depth
Finish: Sealed with professional pastel-safe fixative
Size: 40 x 30 cm with mount (visible image approx. 20 x 30 cm)
Presentation: Comes mounted and enclosed in a clear protective sleeve
Signature: Signed on both front and back
Originality: One-of-a-kind original
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Title: Whispers Beneath the Starwind
Original Oil Pastel Artwork by Laura Bernardeschi Nelson
A forest illuminated by the breath of celestial light shimmers beneath a swirling cosmos. Whispers Beneath the Starwind is an original oil pastel painting by Laura Bernardeschi Nelson, where dream, season, and sky meet in a radiant, contemplative dance.
This landscape is not merely seen—it is felt. Above, a vortex of stars spirals gently, pulling the viewer’s gaze into a cosmic conversation. The moon radiates with a quiet, maternal presence, while snow-like stardust scatters through a night sky alive with motion. Beneath this celestial tapestry, trees of crimson, coral, and frost-blue root the piece in earthly memory. Bare branches reach upward like questions whispered into the dark.
Created entirely with oil pastels, this work celebrates texture and movement. Layers of pigment were carefully built up to form rich tonal transitions and sweeping strokes that mimic the wind’s invisible hand. The sky, veined with auroral light, blends warm sunset hues with cool galactic blues, mirroring our inner emotional spectrum—from solitude to awe, from stillness to becoming.
At its heart, this painting is about thresholds—between night and day, earth and sky, seen and unseen. It invites the viewer to pause in that liminal space, to listen, to feel, to remember. The silent language of the forest and the sky reminds us that wonder is never far from reach.
🖌️ Artwork Details
- Title: Whispers Beneath the Starwind
- Artist: Laura Bernardeschi Nelson
- Medium: Oil pastels on paper
- Technique: Hand-layered oil pastel for dynamic movement and depth
- Finish: Protected with professional pastel-safe fixative
- Size: 40 x 30 cm with mount (visible artwork approx. 20 x 30 cm)
- Presentation: Mounted and enclosed in a clear protective sleeve
- Signature: Signed on both front and back
- Originality: One-of-a-kind original
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