In Time, In Tempo, 202345.7 x 38cmPrice on Request
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gouache on paperBaert GalleryLos Angeles
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This abstract landscape painting features vivid hues of orange, brown, and green, creating a lush, organic composition. The central element appears to be ...
a tree or plant form that dominates the frame, rendered with expressive brushstrokes and a sense of movement. The overall style blends realism and abstraction, showcasing the artist's skilled use of color and texture to evoke the essence of a natural scene. The powerful, emotive quality of the artwork suggests the artist's intention to capture the beauty and energy inherent in the natural world.
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Nature is an enduring force within the imagination of Los Angeles-based painter Melinda Braathen. Her psychologically charged paintings explore the experience of landscape, where the material and the energetic interplay. For Braathen, drawing from nature is a way of bridging myriad elements in a single, unified space: a way to body forth a reality of the world that is often far stranger and more alive then our best thoughts can reach, while simultaneously addressing its frightening unpredictability and constantly shifting essence.
Engaged in close observation of the natural world, Braathen builds up the surface of her paintings with variegated gestural marks that bring out the recognizable qualities of the painted subject while ushering in a deeper sensitivity to the ...
environment’s elemental and energetic forces. Small brush strokes suggest impermanence and an atmospheric quality of ever-changing states. The environments Braathen creates often feel like they could break open or shift at any moment. Mysterious light heightens the drama of the works and further evokes enigmatic and unseen energies. These features melt and meld, contrasted by opaquely painted surfaces that add stability, duetting more closely with representation. Thus, the planes of vibrant, bold color and brushstrokes spill across the canvas, partly framed by a few stable structures that cannot hold back the bold and powerful energies.
In addition to the natural environments, Braathen often paints figures into her compositions — people she is both inspired by and knows personally. The artist initially renders these people in their representative form, and gradually transforms them into a more energetic state. Presence, embodiment, emotions, and sensations are expressed through the artist’s color palette, abstract visual language, and distinctive textures. As such, the figures appear tied to the rhythms of nature in and around them.
Melinda Braathen: Artworks
Melinda BraathenSubtle Shifts, 2022Price on Request
Melinda BraathenSkogen, 2021Price on Request
Melinda BraathenReflections, 2022Price on Request
Melinda BraathenMornings that remember sunsets, 2022Price on Request
Melinda BraathenMolly, 2022Price on Request
Melinda BraathenSeeds of thought that stayed, 2022Price on Request
Melinda BraathenBody of water, 20229000 USD
Melinda BraathenSun drenched in shadow, 202214000 USD
Melinda BraathenInwards, 2023Price on Request
Melinda BraathenSound Chamber, 202316000 USD
Melinda BraathenAmbient, 202314000 USD
Melinda BraathenUntitled, 20231800 USD
Melinda BraathenTemperament, 20231500 USD
Melinda BraathenEntwined, 20231800 USD
Melinda BraathenSound Chamber, 2023Price on Request
Melinda BraathenIn Time, In Tempo, 2023Price on Request
Founded in 2016, Baert Gallery maintains a distinct focus on bridging the historical legacies and artistic sensibilities of Europe and Los Angeles. Working with a roster of emerging artists, the gallery is committed to showcasing a diverse program of work that engages complex philosophical, critical, and political concepts while challenging settled and conventional aesthetic expectations. Located in Los Angeles’ Arts District, the gallery is dedicated to fostering and promoting the region’s unique art scene in a spirit of local cooperation and in dedication to mindful sensitivity towards its broader geographical and social milieu.