Buy Art: Erin Hanson

One of my painting heroes

Hi! You’re reading Buy Art, a side project about buying art from real artists (not Hobby Lobby), coming to you from the messy desk of an artist and mom of 4 in Manhattan Beach, CA.

Today’s featured artist is Erin Hanson, an oil painter from Oregon who paints humongous nature scenes with a palette of just four to five colors. She invented the style of Open Impressionism(!!) and primarily uses the two techniques of alla prima (Italian for “wet on wet”) and premier coup (French for “first attempt”) to give her pieces the luscious thickness and height of oil paint, tempered with the curious intensity of the visible strokes. The more I stare at her work, the more I fall in love with it. Erin’s works are gloriously saturated, energetic, and inimitable.

May I recommend zooming in to experience all the detail your screen will allow.

PS: I’m planning to stop at Erin’s studio on my LA to Seattle road trip this summer. I’ll let you know if I find ten thousand dollars in the street and bring one of her pieces home with me :))

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1. Paso Vineyards

Oil on canvas | $240 - $8,900 | Buy this art

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2. Amazing Grace

Oil on canvas | $225 - $105,000 | Buy this art

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3. Viridian Vines

Ph | $225 - $15,000 | Buy this art

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4. Coastal in Orange

Oil on canvas | $190 - $16,200 | Buy this art

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5. Pacific Cypress

Oil on canvas | $225 - $9,600 | Buy this art

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xoxo, a.s.