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From the first sketch to the final varnish, Clouds on a Summer Afternoon is made by hand. Based on Maynard Dixon's original. This classic oil painting wall decor is crafted on artist-grade canvas for anyone who wants landscape oil painting with the character of an original.
1945
Oil on Canvas affixed to board
Among the works Dixon painted in 1945 is Clouds of a Summer Afternoon, most likely created somewhere between the Rillito south of Tuscon and the Papago Reservation. As Dixon knew during July and August, thick white clouds from the Gulf of California would form and move all day long in a vast panorama as they marched over the horizon. Clouds of the Arizona desert hang in the blue sky, row after row receding into infinity, perfectly poised and configured to the landscape lying below. Sensitive to the horizon line, with the upper three fourths of the canvas devote to the sky and clouds, Dixon shaped a feeling of immense distance on the painting. he painted this land with solemn fidelity, absorbing a sky vast with light and clouds and seeing it as another world massed above the earth. The painting is marked by Dixon's unique spacing, rhythmic pattern, and a mosaic of pattern and light suggestive of the heat, light, and loneliness of the Sonoran Desert. The painting is rooted in specific landscape facts but Dixon's ability to transcend a particular location, hispower of observation and his mature style makes the painting a universal statement about the gandeur of the desert. With fluent, robust draftsmanship, a taste for color, and devotion to pattern, Dixon organized the abstract elements of the canvas into a coherent structure that celebrates this desert country. Source: Bonham's/Donald Hagerty
Every hand painted oil painting in this landscape series is finished on artist-grade canvas and checked against the original before it leaves the studio.
Expect subtle, hand-made variation rather than factory uniformity. Each landscape canvas is painted with oils, allowed to cure properly, and inspected before it is approved for shipment.
Wondering where landscape oil painting looks best? Try an entryway mantel, a dining room sideboard, or a hallway gallery wall. The landscape subject reads clearly from a distance and rewards close viewing up near.
In short: Clouds on a Summer Afternoon - Maynard Dixon - Hand Painted Oil Painting combines a classic composition, a 100% hand painted oil painting process, and the flexibility of made-to-order canvas sizes — a dependable choice for landscape oil painting and entryway wall decor.
| Size | Price |
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| 20 X 24 in | $47.98 |
| 24 X 36 in | $77.98 |
| 30 X 40 in | $104.48 |
| 36 X 48 in | $149.48 |
| 48 X 72 in | $291.98 |
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Every canvas is painted by hand in oils on artist-grade stretched canvas, with an extra blank border left for framing. How to care for your painting.
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