Margaret Rose "Santa Lucia at Sunset" Original California Plein Air Oil Painting Big Sur Impressionist Landscape 2001

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A vibrant and luminous original oil painting by Big Sur regional artist Margaret Rose, titled Santa Lucia at Sunset (2001). … Read more A vibrant and luminous original oil painting by Big Sur regional artist Margaret Rose, titled Santa Lucia at Sunset (2001). Painted in the California Plein Air tradition, this expressive impasto work captures the rugged Santa Lucia Mountains bathed in the warm, raking light of a coastal sunset — all in Margaret Rose's signature bold, gestural brushwork.

Rose was a fixture of the Big Sur art community, with work exhibited at the renowned Camaldoli Hermitage gallery perched above Highway 1 in the Santa Lucia range — making this painting a deeply personal and site-specific work by an artist who knew and loved this landscape intimately.

Highlights:
- Oil on canvas, signed
- Inscribed on verso: "Margaret Rose / Santa Lucia at Sunset / Oil on Canvas"
- Presented in a gold leaf frame with beautiful aged patina
- Rich impasto technique with palette knife and brush
- Warm sunset palette: burnt orange, coral pink, deep teal, and golden ochre
- California Plein Air / Post-Impressionist style

Dimensions:
- Framed: 17.5"W × 22"H × 1.5"D
- Canvas insert: 11.5" × 15.5"

A beautiful example of California coastal landscape painting — ideal for a nature-inspired, bohemian, or California casual interior. See less