2024
Artist Comments
The day fades into a warm orange glow that gently kisses the peaks of the desert mountains. Cool purple, blue, and green shadows sweep across the hills and fields below, signaling the quiet arrival of evening. The scene evokes a calm, reflective mood.
About the Artist
Artist Crystal DiPietro paints majestic scenes drawn from her personal trips to beautiful, untamed places in Nevada. Her solitary hikes not only bring inspiration to her works but also help her overcome uncertainty and physical limits, all while connecting more deeply with nature. "There is no place where I feel more at home, more myself, than the desert," says Crystal. She pursued art school in Washington, D.C., where she got to go behind the scenes in major galleries. She paints en plein air and in her tiny studio in Las Vegas. When painting or hiking, Crystal enjoys reading, eating, and attending live concerts.
Words that describe this painting: desert, mountain, sunset, west, southwest, moody, evening, dusk, expressionism, landscape, western, mixed media artwork, green
Last Light
Crystal DiPietro
Watercolor paint and ink on stretched canvas
Finished white edges
Varnished and Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on back
2024
34 in. h x 44 in. w x 1.5 in. d
6 lbs. 0 oz.
The Silence of Fading Light, Original Painting
By Crystal DiPietro
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Fading sunlight casts warm orange hues across the mountain, while cool pastel tones settle in the shadows and desert brush below. In the foreground, a mix of pl...
Watercolor
Daybreak, Original Painting
By Crystal DiPietro
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The first light of dawn bathes distant mountains in fiery oranges, contrasting with the cool blues and purples of the rugged cliffs below. Loose, sweeping brush...
Mixed Media
Light My Way, Original Painting
By Crystal DiPietro
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Rocky hills glow under the warm light of late afternoon, their cool, saturated shadows adding depth and rich color to the scene. This intimate view unfolds ag...
Mixed Media
Anniversary, Original Painting
By Crystal DiPietro
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
The sun sets on a rocky mountaintop, casting warm colors on a jagged ridge below. The contrast between light and shadow captures the fleeting beauty of twilig...
Mixed Media
Alpenglow, Original Painting
By Crystal DiPietro
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Warm hues of morning alpenglow bathe the mountain scene. The sun's first light kisses the rugged peak, illuminating it in a radiant orange, pink, and gold. The ...
Mixed Media
In the Company of Hills, Original Painting
By Crystal DiPietro
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
From a high vantage point, rugged desert ridges and mountains unfold in vibrant spring colors. Loose washes of pink, green, yellow, and blue flow together, echo...
Watercolor
Second Sunset
By Gina Phillips
Located in New Orleans, LA
GINA PHILLIPS is a mixed media, narrative artist who grew up in Kentucky and has lived in New Orleans since 1995. The imagery, stories and characters of both regions influence her wo...
Paper, Oil
Illumination
By Alison Haley Paul
Located in Napa, CA
Alison Haley Paul is a contemporary painter of lavishly textured landscapes full of nuanced color. Her work conjures up connotations and geographical memories: that summer you spen...
Canvas, Charcoal, Wax, Oil, Graphite, Pigment
Spirit Mountain
By Valerie Hird
Located in New York, NY
Valerie Hird’s body of work is a visual compilation of the experiences, associations and memories collected in her trips through the Middle East, Northern Africa, Spain and Turkey. H...
Linen, Oil
First Sunset
By Gina Phillips
Located in New Orleans, LA
GINA PHILLIPS is a mixed media, narrative artist who grew up in Kentucky and has lived in New Orleans since 1995. The imagery, stories and characters of both regions influence her wo...
Paper, Oil
Atardecer, Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Jeff Ferst
Located in Yardley, PA
My painting is joyful, full of life and vibrant. I paint nature and abstracts that are full of colour and rich forms and markings. My work is collected all around the globe and I am ...
Oil
Sunset #1, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
By Anyck Alvarez Kerloch
Located in Yardley, PA
Acrylic on archival quality paper. There is always something melancholic about sunsets. Thoughts of time passing. :: Painting :: Expressionism :: This piece comes with an official ce...
Acrylic
