Skogen
Skogen
Skogen

Melinda Braathen

Skogen, 2021152.4 x 203.2cmSign in to view price
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oil on canvasBaert Gallery
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This vibrant artwork depicts a captivating underwater scene, where the viewer is immersed in a kaleidoscope of colors and textures. The composition features a winding river or stream, surrounded by vivid blue, purple, and pink hues that suggest a lush, fantastical environment. The artist's use of bold brushstrokes and intricate details creates a sense of movement and depth, evoking the fluid, ethereal nature of the underwater world. The work appears to be a conceptual exploration of the marine ecosystem, inviting the viewer to engage with the beauty and complexity of the natural world. ...

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Melinda Braathen
Artist
Melinda Braathen
B.1985, American

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
Subtle Shifts
Melinda Braathen
Subtle Shifts, 2022
152.4 x 152.4cm
Skogen
Melinda Braathen
Skogen, 2021
152.4 x 203.2cm
Reflections
Melinda Braathen
Reflections, 2022
152.4 x 121.9cm
Mornings that remember sunsets
Melinda Braathen
Mornings that remember sunsets, 2022
152.4 x 152.4cm
Molly
Seeds of thought that stayed
Melinda Braathen
Seeds of thought that stayed, 2022
153 x 122cm
Body of water
Melinda Braathen
Body of water, 2022
121.9 x 91.4cm
Sun drenched in shadow
Melinda Braathen
Sun drenched in shadow, 2022
182.9 x 152.4cm
Inwards
Sound Chamber
Melinda Braathen
Sound Chamber, 2023
152 x 203cm
Ambient
Untitled
Temperament
Melinda Braathen
Temperament, 2023
38 x 38cm
Entwined
Melinda Braathen
Entwined, 2023
45.7 x 38cm
Sound Chamber
Melinda Braathen
Sound Chamber, 2023
38 x 45.7cm
In Time, In Tempo
Melinda Braathen
In Time, In Tempo, 2023
45.7 x 38cm
Entwined
Melinda Braathen
Entwined, 2023
183 x 152cm
In Time, In Tempo
Melinda Braathen
In Time, In Tempo, 2023
183 x 152cm
Temperament
Melinda Braathen
Temperament, 2024
160 x 160cm
Baert Gallery
Gallery
Baert Gallery
Los Angeles

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. ...

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