"Summer Whisper" (2025) Original Oil Painting by Regina Mailloux

Oil painting on linen canvas panel. Unframed. Varnished with Gamvar satin.

"Summer Whisper", 2025

Artwork Statement:
Summer Whisper is an 11x14" oil painting on linen panel, created in an impressionistic style to evoke the quiet, transformative moment when spring gives way to summer. Through soft, expressive brushstrokes, the painting captures a sense of gentle anticipation. She reaches out to touch a bloom, symbolizing the first, delicate connection to the season’s warmth and vitality.

Behind her, the shadowy forest suggests the lingering coolness of spring, while the light surrounding her form radiates the arrival of summer. This interplay of darkness and light serves as a visual metaphor for transition and renewal, an intimate moment suspended in time, where the whisper of summer can almost be heard.

Materials used:

linen canvas, oil paint

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 35.56 x 27.94cm (unframed)
• Signed certificate of authenticity
• Style: Impressionistic
• Subject: People and portraits