Original artwork description:

In this expressive and vibrant oil painting, Kirsty Wain captures the sun-drenched spirit of the Mediterranean through a grove of ancient olive trees in Altea, on Spain’s Alicante coast. Inspired by the bold brushwork of Van Gogh and the vivid palette of Fauvism, the scene comes alive with swirling, energetic lines and electrifying colors.
The gnarled trunks of the olive trees twist with vitality, rendered in electric blues, purples, and teals, transforming the familiar into the fantastical. Their leaves dance in thick impasto strokes of green, turquoise, and chartreuse, echoing the post-impressionist fascination with movement and emotion. Beneath the trees, the ochre-red earth radiates warmth, painted in rhythmic, flame-like patterns that contrast with the coolness of the foliage.
Wain’s neo-impressionist style fuses the structural experimentation of early modernism with a contemporary eye for harmony and abstraction. The painting pulses with life, not just in its forms but in its atmosphere, conveying the heat, scent, and color of the Mediterranean landscape through pure painterly sensation.
This piece is not just a landscape; it is a feeling, a homage to nature, to color, and to the enduring influence of artistic visionaries.

Materials used:

Oil paint and linseed oil

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