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Before Words
Mixed media on canvas
10" x 10"
$900 USD
Soft and searching, this painting feels like a thought that has not yet found its words. On a pale, wood-grained ground, a smoky violet form rises like a mountain or a gathering cloud, brushed in quick, layered strokes that let the light ground show through. Above it, delicate green lines curve and sweep like grasses or long stems in the wind, and near the top a small figure of plum, gray and rose floats within faint pencil-like outlines, like a bird or a blossom only half imagined. Mandie worked loosely and intuitively, sketching, brushing and leaving space for what wanted to emerge. The piece is tender, quiet and gently mysterious.
A gentle companion for a study or a writing desk, the kind of corner where ideas take their time. Its smoky violet and pale tones settle easily against warm plaster or oatmeal walls, with a simple oak frame, a handmade bowl and a sprig of dried lavender nearby.
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