This art piece employs oil pastels on paper, showcasing landscapes that explore themes of containment, resilience, and emotional space. The first work presents a restrained environment with dark structures and blooming branches, while the second features a fluid, immersive landscape hinting at instability. Both invite reflection on the dual nature of growth within limits.
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Flight Over Quiet Hills
Laura Bernardeschi Nelson’s artwork employs oil pastels to evoke landscapes that blend memory and emotion rather than depict specific places. Each piece presents a moment of stillness and movement, characterized by textured layers and vibrant colors, inviting introspection and a connection to nature’s shifting essence.
The Vixen and the Feast of Shadows
In the Kingdom of Rats, a Vixen navigates through a web of deceit, contrasting with creatures like the cunning Weasel and the heavy Boar. While the Weasel subtly disrupts order, the Vixen remains largely unaffected, ultimately choosing silence. Her absence, marked by a soft light, signifies her detachment from a hollow existence, unsettling the others profoundly.
Stillness
“Winds Over Quiet Water” by Laura Bernardeschi Nelson features a peaceful landscape captured through dynamic blue and white strokes. The composition reflects a serene balance between an expressive sky and a grounded earth/water merge. Created in oil pastels, it invites contemplation of nature’s quiet interplay. Sized at 45 × 35 cm and varnished for depth.
Laura Bernardeschi Nelson: Unique Oil Pastel Art for Sale
Laura Bernardeschi Nelson’s artworks, available for sale on Saatchi Art, include two significant pieces created in 2026 using oil pastels on paper, each framed and ready to hang. “Drifting Between Shores” depicts a solitary boat navigating through luminous waters, symbolizing transition and introspection, illustrating the human condition of vulnerability and trust in uncertain moments. “Where the Branches Remember” explores growth versus stillness through bare branches amid a soft landscape, reflecting emotional introspection and the fragility of human experience. Both pieces invite viewers to participate in these silent journeys, emphasizing personal reflection and the emotional landscape of nature.
Where Silence Still Lives: Exploring Memory in Art
For sale on http://www.saatchiart.com/lauraartist68 Artist: Laura Bernardeschi NelsonMedium: Oil pastels on paperSize: 45 x 35 cm (framed)Year: 2026Presentation: Signed, varnished, and ready to hang Where Silence Still Lives captures a forgotten moment suspended between presence and memory. Created in oil pastels, the work reveals a quiet, almost hidden world—an old house standing at the edgeContinueContinue reading “Where Silence Still Lives: Exploring Memory in Art”