Sutter Creek - Modern Oil Painting Landscape

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Sutter Creek - captures a vibrant, impressionistic village scene defined by bold color choices and energetic brushwork.

11 x 14 … Read more Sutter Creek - captures a vibrant, impressionistic village scene defined by bold color choices and energetic brushwork.

11 x 14 oil on gessoed masonite. Signed: Haas
Unframed. Frames shown are for sample only.

A cluster of white-walled, terracotta-roofed buildings dominates the midground, rendered with confident, architectural blocks of paint. The artist utilizes a dramatic cool palette, casting the facades in rich shades of cerulean, cobalt, and lavender shadows, while bright white highlights simulate intense daylight striking the surfaces. Towering behind the structures is a dense, deep blue tree canopy that mirrors the dramatic, high-contrast values of the sky above, where thick, impasto white clouds break through a brilliant azure backdrop. See less