Miguel Podolsky "Moss Landing Aeria" Oil on Canvas, Aerial Coastal Harbor Seascape in Blue, Carmel California Art, Original 20 X 16 Inches, 2022

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From a high vantage the Moss Landing harbor opens in front of a rippled ultramarine bay, with the twin stacks … Read more From a high vantage the Moss Landing harbor opens in front of a rippled ultramarine bay, with the twin stacks of the power station standing among low buildings and a slim channel winding inland between green banks. Violet hills and a pale gray-green sky flatten into the distance. Podolsky organizes the panorama with an architect's clarity, from the strip of beach and the jetty to the scattered boats along the water. The bay is painted in long diagonal strokes that give the lower half a restless energy, while the distance is kept soft and hazy. Pale yellow light catches the dunes along the outer shore.

Rich blue makes this a lively focal point for a living room, an office or a dining room, particularly with white, gray or soft green walls. It pairs well with brass, pale wood and glass, and with sea-glass or coral accents. Above a console or a desk, it adds depth and a feeling of distance to a smaller room.

Oil on canvas, 20 x 16 x 1 in (50.8 x 40.6 x 2.5 cm). Signed with initials in the lower corner.

Miguel Podolsky paints in oil on stretched canvas, working from the sketchbook he carries with him and from places he knows. Built in layers of visible brushwork, his contemporary impressionist pictures put light, color and atmosphere first, while an architect's sense of composition and proportion holds each scene together. Strokes stay broad and direct, with thin, scumbled passages in skies and water set against thicker paint in foregrounds. Each canvas carries his monogram, MP, in a lower corner.

Miguel Podolsky is an Argentine-born artist based in California. For more than thirty-five years he worked as an architect, a career that continues to shape his painting through a strong sense of composition, proportion and spatial balance. He is a contemporary impressionist who carries a sketchbook with him and paints whenever there is a chance.

His oil paintings explore light, color and atmosphere across landscapes, seascapes, urban scenes and vintage cars, often finding harmony between the built and natural worlds. Drawing on his South American roots and his many years in the United States, he paints scenes of the California coast, the Caribbean and beyond with a warm, optimistic eye for everyday moments. See less