https://www.saatchiart.com/en-gb/studio/art/12901431/overview
Title: Dusk Over the Golden Plain
Medium: Oil pastels and palette knife on paper
Dimensions (approx.):
Artwork: 36 x 38 cm
Framed: 46 x 36 cm
Framed: Yes — sold framed as pictured
Signed: Front and back
Varnished: Yes
Orientation: Horizontal
Description:
Dusk Over the Golden Plain captures a quiet, glowing moment where nature rests under the final light of day. A radiant sky melts from deep blue through vibrant orange into soft pinks, casting its golden reflection across the earth below. Trees — rendered with sweeping, expressive palette knife strokes — stand rooted and full, their forms both defined and dreamlike.
The use of oil pastels brings a soft, almost smoky richness to the landscape. The surface texture shifts subtly between smooth scumbles and rougher palette knife applications, particularly in the layered fields and silhouetted trees. The scene is serene yet infused with movement — the fading light dances over the land as if in a final goodbye before night.
This piece leans into emotional impressionism rather than realism. Perspective bends slightly; proportions are suggestive rather than precise. It’s a landscape filtered through memory and mood — an imagined place that resonates like a recollection from a golden-hour walk or a story half-remembered.
Let your eyes drift across the glowing sky and grounded trees, and feel the stillness that only twilight in open country can offer.
Laura Bernardeschi Nelson artworld and travels 