Mandie Colangelo "Release" Mixed Media on Panel, Small Modern Abstract Painting in Yellow, Forest Green and Scarlet, Carmel California Art

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Release pours sunlight down the panel. Thick lemon yellow spills from the top edge in heavy, rounded runs over a … Read more Release pours sunlight down the panel. Thick lemon yellow spills from the top edge in heavy, rounded runs over a deep forest green, like warm light dripping through leaves. On the left, scarlet rises in raised, crinkled clumps, as if a flame had found its way into the woods and stayed. Between them, dark teal shows through in long, cool columns. Colangelo loaded the panel with paint and let it slide, the yellow choosing its own speed and stopping where it pleased, leaving glossy ridges and soft pooled edges. Part of her CASCADE series, it captures the moment a held breath finally leaves the body, bright and free.

Cheerful and generous, it suits a kitchen, a breakfast nook or a shelf by the back door. Terracotta, potted herbs and woven rattan bring out its warmth, and on the grayest winter mornings it carries the feeling of a garden indoors. Honey oak shelving suits it too.

Mixed media on panel, 10 x 10 in (25.4 x 25.4 cm).

Mandie Colangelo is an abstract painter based in Monterey, California. Raised in Arizona, she painted from childhood and wrote music, then built a creative career that moved through fashion, design, jewelry, graphic design and photography. Each chapter sharpened her eye for color, form and material. A season of profound change brought her back to the brush, and painting is now her primary practice.

Working in the abstract expressionist tradition, she builds her surfaces from acrylic, resin, street inks, pigment powders, fabric and, most distinctively, plastic, and treats each painting as an open experiment. Her paintings move between celebration and loss, memory and renewal. As she puts it: “More than anything, I hope my artwork inspires hope, joy, and reflection in those who experience it.”

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