Late 20th Century Unsigned Original Fine Art Landscape Watercolor Painting on Paper of Trees and Rocks by Artist Ellen Shannon

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This original watercolor painting on paper features a tall central tree rendered through a controlled application of layered washes, drybrush … Read more This original watercolor painting on paper features a tall central tree rendered through a controlled application of layered washes, drybrush texture, and subtle tonal shifts. The composition is vertically oriented, with the tallest pine-like tree anchoring the piece slightly off-center. Linear gestures in muted reddish-brown tones define its trunk and branches, while foliage is built up through stippling and dabbing techniques, creating variation in light and shadow without hard lines. Around the base of the tree, delicate strokes and soft-edged washes form a cluster of smaller trees and ground vegetation, transitioning into loosely suggested rocks and earth. The artist uses negative space to define distant atmospheric elements, allowing the untouched surface of the paper to convey brightness and openness.

The background features a vast expanse of softly blended sky, where the paint is allowed to granulate and diffuse, forming cloud-like patterns and enhancing the scene's depth. Near the right horizon, a faint red-orange roof peeks through dense foliage, introducing a quiet human presence and scale. The brushwork shows an understanding of balance between control and spontaneity, with edges that alternate between crisp and diffuse. The composition emphasizes restraint in palette and gesture, relying on transparency, tonal layering, and atmospheric perspective to convey distance and mood without overt detail.


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