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Open Skies: An In-Depth Look

Thursday, February 15, 2018

"Open Skies"

Painting In-Depth Look

I have been painting Paso Robles for 8 years now, and it is still one of my favorite places to find inspiration.  Although I have spent most of my life in California, growing up in Los Angeles and attending school at Berkeley in northern California, I never drove through the coastal wine country regions of central California until many years after I graduated college.  I had seen the film "Sideways" and the wine tasting adventure looked like so much fun I just had to experience it for myself.  So I ventured for the first time into the idyllic landscapes of Paso Robles.

After spending a weekend in wine country, I was hooked.  I drove back the next month by myself in my camper van and spent a whole week exploring the winding country roads and rural vineyards of Paso.  I was there in the spring, and the vibrant green colors, coastal fogs, and dew-covered hillsides was a joy to behold.  In the years that followed, I returned to Paso during the changing seasons every year, each time finding new colors and compositions to inspire a whole new collection of paintings.  I love painting the rickety wooden fences, the rows of grape vines, and the ancient oak trees alive with character.

I got involved with Studios on the Park, a local artists co-op and I did shows there every October for many years.  I continue to do exhibitions every year with local wineries.  Send me an email to find out when I will be showing in Paso Robles next.  If you have never been, it is definitely worth a visit!  The food is incredible, the town is small and charming, and you will have a blast wine tasting and driving around the rolling hills and vineyards.

Open Skies framed
The painting "Open Skies" captures the low rolling hills of eastern Paso, with a dramatic sky breaking above the landscape.  This piece captures the soft colors of late fall, when the rains bring forth a dusting of green grass across the summer-burnt hills.  A grove of eucalyptus catches the warm afternoon light from the descending sun.

This is a large painting - almost 7 feet wide and 6 feet tall.  It creates quite an emotional impact when seen in person.  The brush strokes are loose and impressionstic, conveying a sense of movement within the painting. Because of how the brush strokes fit together, the painting has a mosaic, or stained-glass appearance.

"Open Skies" is available to view in person at my gallery in San Diego. The piece has been framed in a soft gold floater frame.

Here is a digital "in-room mockup" of the painting, so you can get a sense of the size of the piece:
Kolob Light in the frame

Open Skies
Oil on canvas, 83 x 72 inches
$60,000

To purchase this painting, you can visit my website here, or you can email me or call my gallery at (858) 324-4644.  I also have canvas prints available for this painting here.

Explore all my paintings of Paso Robles here.

I hope you enjoyed the in-depth look!

- Erin Hanson

About Erin

ERIN HANSON has been painting in oils since she was 8 years old. As a teenager, she apprenticed at a mural studio where she worked on 40-foot-long paintings while selling art commissions on the side. After being told it was too hard to make a living as an artist, she got her degree in Bioengineering from UC Berkeley. Afterward, Erin became a rock climber at Red Rock Canyon, Nevada. Inspired by the colorful scenery she was climbing, she decided to return to her love of painting and create one new painting every week.

She has stuck to that decision, becoming one of the most prolific artists in history, with over 3,000 oil paintings sold to eager collectors. Erin Hanson’s style is known as "Open Impressionism" and is taught in art schools worldwide. With millions of followers, Hanson has become an iconic, driving force in the rebirth of impressionism, inspiring thousands of other artists to pick up the brush.