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Paintings with Pinks

It wasn't until the Renaissance that artists began to consider the color pink in their palettes. By the 18th Century, the color pink was popularized by the interior design and fashion industries. In the late 19th century, Impressionist painters sometimes worked with pastel color palettes depicting women wearing the color pink, as in Edgar Degas' image of ballet dancers or Mary Cassat's images of women and children. Erin Hanson employs the color pink where it occurs naturally, such as in evening skies, red rock landscapes, or wildflower petals.

It wasn't until the Renaissance that artists began to consider the color pink in their palettes. By the 18th Century, the color pink was popularized by the interior design and fashion industries. In the late 19th century, Impressionist painters sometimes worked with pastel color palettes depicting women wearing the color pink, as in Edgar Degas' image of ballet dancers or Mary Cassat's images of women and children. Erin Hanson employs the color pink where it occurs naturally, such as in evening skies, red rock landscapes, or wildflower petals.

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Barker Dam at Joshua Tree National Park is an oasis of color during the early dawn. The vibrant colors of the early light casts its hue across the granite rock formations, lighting them with fire. The still waters of the dam capture perfect reflections of the surrounding desertscape. This painting was created on gallery-depth canvas, with the edges painted around the sides. The painting arrives framed in a beautiful hardwood floater frame, ready to hang.

Reflections at Barker

40 x 30 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
The Montana landscape near Glacier National Park is covered in reflective pools and wide plains of winding grasses and pines. This beautifully lush landscape is most stunning in the late afternoon light, the last warm rays of sunlight streaking pink and orange across the hills. This painting was created on a gallery-depth canvas with the painting continued around the edges. The painting will arrive in a beautiful hardwood floater frame, ready to hang.

Pools of Dawn

36 x 48 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $250

 
Tall Oregon pines lean into the coastline, north of Tillamook. This painting invites you to stroll down the shaded path to sink your feet in the cool, damp sand. The brush strokes are vibrant and alive, bringing a fresh new look to modern landscapes.

Against the Coast

36 x 48 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $250

 
Red afternoon light lights up these California oak trees. The beautiful contrast of the red and orange branches against the milky blue sky was a compelling concept to paint. The brush strokes, vivid and loose, help to communicate the immediacy of the outdoors and the ever-changing colors of light.

Red Oak Light

24 x 40 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $315

 
Burnished gleams of light spread over the high desert landscape near the Coachella Valley, in California. The gathering ocotillos move together for a moment in passing. Thickly applied paint leaps from the canvas with a rhythm of its own, while unexpected pops of color play with the eyes.

Ocotillo Gathering

30 x 48 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $300

 
Zion National Park is painted here in vivid color and loose brush strokes. The painting comes alive, drawing you into the crisp, early morning beauty of Zion.

Zion Sun

12 x 16 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
The hill country north of Fredericksburg, Texas, is abloom with bluebonnets in spring, while the low watering pools capture oaken reflections in their surfaces. The warm hues of early morning bathe the landscape in delicate pinks and orange sherbet. This restful painting is yet alive with motion through the thickly applied brushstrokes, which seem to form a mosaic of color and texture across the canvas.

Hill Country Dawn

48 x 72 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $290

 
This small oil painting of Kolob Canyon captures the immense beauty of Zion National Park in just a few brush strokes.

Kolob Canyon II

8 x 10 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Purple dawn light filters through the rolling hills of this Sonoma Valley landscape, casting sea green shadows across the distant hills. The brush strokes are loose are impressionistic.

Filtered Dawn

24 x 30 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Monterey rocks burst in colors of lavender of sherbet orange in the early light of dawn. The brush strokes in this painting are loose and impressionistic.

Monterey Rock

30 x 20 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $290

 
This painting is in the permanent collection at The La Salle University Art Museum, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Beautiful and subtle color changes move across this California desert landscape. The abstract shapes of the landscape are dramatized in contrasting colors and brush strokes.

Ocotillo Shadow

26 x 20 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $250

 
This painting is in the permanent collection of the St. George Art Museum, in Saint George, Utah. The cottonwoods still held their leaves in October, the gentle autumn light filtering around the tall canyon cliffs and through their colorful leaves. This painting of the Zion National Park campground brings the outdoors to life with motion-filled brush strokes and thick application of paint.

Dawn Light

24 x 40 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $315

 

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Brilliant desert colors of summer and sunset brings this painting of Borrego Springs to life.

Borrego Springs

9 x 12 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Monterey is a beautiful place to paint, the landscape full of brilliant contrasts and unusual color, from the red and purple rocks among the crystal blue waters, to the pastel skies reflected upon wispy cypress trees. This painting captures the rocky Monterey coastline just north of Lover's Point.

Layers of Monterey

36 x 53 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $290

 
Buttery sunset colors bring to life the abstract shapes in the landscape of central California.

Paso Hills

8 x 10 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Soft colors of butter and cream reflect off the white sands of Death Valley, in this small oil painting on board.

Sand Dunes

8 x 10 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Rays of color burst from the canvas in this small oil painting on board.

Rays

9 x 12 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
This painting lingers on the many years of fond memories the artist had living near Red Rock Canyon in Nevada. The cool autumn colors have a dreamlike effect in this hot desert.

Blue Rock Desert

38 x 50 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $250

 
Low, wispy cypress trees brush the sky above Monterey, California. The light is calm and peaceful in this painting, transporting you to the beautiful beaches of the Monterey peninsula.

Cypress Wisps

20 x 24 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Impasto brush strokes and dream-like colors bring Zion to life in this oil painting. The abstract shapes and textures flow and change the more you look at the painting. This painting was created on museum-depth canvas, with the painting continued around the edges of the stretched canvas. It arrives ready to hang without a frame.

Memory of Zion

30 x 40 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
This painting is part of the show A FEELING OF HUMANITY: WESTERN ART FROM THE KEN RATNER COLLECTION, which will be traveling to the following museums: Mattuck Museum, 2014. Rockwell Museum of Western Art, 2015. Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art, 2015. Arches National Park is captured is loose brush strokes and vivid color, an excellent example of Hanson's signature style of Open Impressionism.

Arches National Park

8 x 10 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Lover's Point in Monterey is a beautiful little park edged with towering cypress trees that look like someone painted them onto the landscape with an artist's brush. This painting captures the glow of light reflecting off the sheltered water. The brush strokes in this painting are thickly applied with a loose, open hand.

Lovers Point

46 x 66 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $275

 
This red manzanita twirls its twisted branches into the desert air, cutting abstract shapes against the backdrop of Red Rock Canyon, NV.

Red Rock Manzanita

20 x 20 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
About the Painting: This painting of Paso Robles demonstrates the artist's use of long brush strokes, laid side by side, to capture the feeling of movement in the outdoors. The hills of Paso Robles are constantly rippling as the coastal winds roam through the long grasses. This painting was included in the exhibition <i><a href="https://www.erinhanson.com/Event/ContemporaryImpressionismatGoddardCenter" target="_blank">Open Impressionism: The Works of Erin Hanson</i></a>, a 10-year retrospective and study of the development of Open Impressionism at The Goddard Center in Ardmore, OK. 2017. Please note: This piece is included in the show <I>Erin Hanson: Color on the Vine </i> at the Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art in Nebraska. 2023.

Colors of Light

24 x 30 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
"Magenta Lights" has been donated to the <a href="https://lajollalibrary.org/" target="_blank">La Jolla Riford Library</a> in San Diego. You can view the painting above the fireplace in the main reading room of the public library. About the painting: Apple green and lemon yellow hills curve into cool shadows, graced with alizarin oaks. The loose brush strokes capture the feel and emotion of central California's rolling hills. You can see a glimpse of Hanson's trademark crooked fence on the first hill.

Magenta Lights

30 x 42 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
This painting pushes the autumn shades of central California to the next level, creating a burst of subtle color with expressive brushwork. The paint is laid on in thick strokes, in a mosaic-like style of application. Whale Rock Reservoir is located between Paso Robles and Morro Bay.

Winter Lavender

48 x 60 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
The last northwest light hits this lone oak tree, bursting into an entire spectrum of beautiful colors. The brush strokes in this painting are loose and confident, building up a thick texture that adds to the movement of the painting.

Light Alone

20 x 20 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $190

 
Red sandstone is the perfect color contrast for summer cottonwoods in Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. The brush strokes in this painting are thick and impressionistic. Erin fell in love with the pastel-aqua greens against the desert canyon walls, and this painting inspired a series of four "Cottonwoods at Chelly" oil paintings.

Cottonwoods at Chelly

24 x 30 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
High in the hills of Griffith Park, the early morning fog creates layers of colors down through the rolling hills. The filtered light creates contrasting colors of lavenders and aquamarine.

Fog at Griffith

24 x 24 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
The parting clouds after an afternoon thundershower allow beautiful colored light to reflect on rain-filled depressions in the sandstone. Canyon de Chelly has a few look with every passing day, the changing light and atmosphere creating completely different color contrasts.

After the Rain

36 x 36 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Deep within Canyon de Chelly, ghosts of the past lurk in the protected shadows of the canyon walls, where the Ancient Peoples once dwelt.

Ghosts of Chelly

24 x 36 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $290

 
Lighting-struck pine tree silhouetted against a sunset-lit canyon, near Ghost Ranch, New Mexico.

Ghost Ranch II

36 x 48 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
The walnut trees of Paso Robles are beautiful any time of year, but particularly when their leaves turn to a dusky gold, intermingled with jewel tones of amethyst and ultramarine - a beautiful contrast against the dark trunks and branches. This painting is big and bold, full of life and color, the paint applied with wide, thick strokes of oil.

Fall Amethyst

40 x 60 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Sherbet rainbow colors capture the feel of a Monument Valley sunset.

Monument in the Sky

24 x 48 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Cottonwoods reflected in a pool of rainwater. This is the fourth painting in the "Cottonwoods at Chelly" series.

Cottonwoods at Chelly IV

36 x 24 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
This whimsical painting communicates the beautiful pink and salmon colors that dance across Paso Robles during a sunset.

Colors of Paso

60 x 40 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Pale pastel hills are a beautiful contrast against the deep green oak trees and fields of wildflowers. The brush strokes are thick and impressionistic, creating a mosaic of color and texture.

Fields of Green

36 x 24 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Individual grasses are lit by the early morning light on these magenta hillsides of Paso Robles, California. The distant hills seem to turn all the colors of the rainbow under the prism of the early sun.

Magenta Hills

24 x 30 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Scraggly desert scrub growing out of a granite boulder stack in Joshua Tree National Park. The paint strokes in this painting are applied with an impressionistic flair and energy.

Boulder Stack

30 x 24 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Hiking near Boney Mountain inspired this painting. Even in the middle of July the landscape is saturated in color. The loose brush strokes in this painting capture the feel of the outdoors.

Boney Mountain Peak

24 x 30 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Dream-inspired abstract landscape painting of Paso Robles, California.

Dream of Birches

60 x 48 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $240

 
Brilliant pinks and blues capture this iconic California desertscape of Joshua Tree National Park.

Cacti in Pink

36 x 36 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Awe-inspiring view of Canyon de Chelly, captured in bold brush strokes and brilliant color.

Down in the Canyon

60 x 48 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $240

 
Big Sur coastal oil painting, in abstract shapes and colors painted in bold, impasto brush strokes.

California Pines

30 x 40 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Buttery pink sand dunes with yellow morning highlights, from Coral Pink Sand Dunes, Utah.

Coral Pink Grass

40 x 30 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
This painting was included in the exhibition <i><a href="https://www.erinhanson.com/Event/ContemporaryImpressionismatGoddardCenter" target="_blank">Open Impressionism: The Works of Erin Hanson</i></a>, a 10-year retrospective and study of the development of Open Impressionism at The Goddard Center in Ardmore, OK. About the painting: This painting of the Arizona high desert captures the beautiful late afternoon light at the beginning of summer. The colors are electric against the contrasting shadows. Notice how this color palette in this painting compares with the colors in other paintings from this time period.

Arizona Summer

36 x 36 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Textured Replicas from $1,100

Prints from $190
Pink sandstone cliffs cast long blue shadows at Canyon de Chelly Monument, Arizona. This painting brings to life the color and drama of this beautiful Monument.

Chelly Shadows

36 x 48 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $315

 
First morning sunrise at Joshua Tree Park shapes the granite boulders with pink and yellow light.

Yucca at Joshua

24 x 48 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Pale afternoon shadows in Canyon de Chelly. The cottonwoods are blushing green from the summer monsoons.

Canyon Shadows

40 x 24 in

Original Oil  SOLD

Prints from $240

 
A soft blush of colors at the Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, Utah.

Coral Pink Scrub

0 x 0 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
The soft colors of dawn highlight these iconic Palm Springs windmills. The brush strokes in this painting are loose and impressionistic.

Palm Springs Windmills

30 x 40 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Joshua Tree National Park in hues of pink.

Pink Joshua Light

36 x 24 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Spider Rock, looming majestically over the desert floor, at Canyon de Chelly, Arizona.

Spider Rock

30 x 30 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
The California desert at Joshua Tree has a beautiful, delicate light, making the distant mountain glow and the granite rocks reflect a rainbow of colors from their sparkling white surface. The brush strokes in this painting are free and impressionistic, full of texture and movement.

Joshua Light

36 x 24 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
Original oil painting of a joshua trees, an iconic scene of Joshua Tree National Park.

Spikey Joshua

30 x 40 in

Original Oil  SOLD

 

 
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