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Quiet Luxury Oil Pastel Wall Art for Calm Cozy Homes
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items I am Ghost Palette and I paint everyday objects in oil pastel with a bold quiet backdrop behind each one This list holds my 19 favorite paintings from the Quiet Luxury series You will find flowers and fruit and seaside afternoons and night skies and ...
Sections
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Seaside and Summer Light
Wanderlust Desk
Blooms and Orchard
Glass Stone and Pour
Bold Everyday Objects
After Dark
Seaside and Summer Light
These four paintings are my love letter to slow sunny days A cocktail by the sea and a golden curve at the end of summer and a beach umbrella seen from below and sunglasses resting on a fringed cloth I picked them for coastal beach art prints lovers ...
Imagine texting a friend a photo of the perfect afternoon This is that photo in oil pastel A tall orange cocktail with a pink straw and a lime slice stands on a round table with the sea shimmering behind I used loud yellows and aquas and pinks becaus...
No.6 Shhh, Everything’s Undone - QUIET LUXURY SERIES
Summer ending has a color and this is my best guess at it A sweeping golden curve rises from a long blue shadow under a turquoise sky I scrubbed chalky white clouds into the blue so the yellow could glow It makes me think of that last warm week when ...
No.7 Fin d'Été - QUIET LUXURY SERIES
Lie back and look up That is the whole idea I painted a beach umbrella from underneath with emerald panels and amber light spilling around the ribs and one strip of blue water at the edge Dense oil pastel makes every seam feel real I would hang it ne...
No.10 Shade By The Sea - QUIET LUXURY SERIES
Small luxuries deserve a spotlight A pair of dark sunglasses rests on a red case over a fringed woven cloth in mint and coral and lilac against a soft periwinkle grey ground I painted it slowly with patient oil pastel strokes so the textiles feel sof...
No.14 Resting Gaze - QUIET LUXURY SERIES
Wanderlust Desk
A passport and a hotel key tag and a travel guide and a camera lens These three paintings are for people who dream about the next trip I painted them in soft oil pastel so they feel like keepsakes They suit entryway wall art prints and reading nook a...
I painted this camera lens because it looks like an eye that remembers everything Rings of engraved lettering and a tiny rainbow flash in the glass sit on periwinkle blue with two sunny yellow bands I loved mixing a retro mood with soft handmade oil ...
No.5 Memory in Glass - QUIET LUXURY SERIES
Packing list for a perfect escape One navy passport and one hotel key tag and one pair of dark sunglasses on a soft lilac ground I like them together because they feel like the first proof of a trip worth taking I painted every detail in gentle oil p...
No.17 Luxury Resort - QUIET LUXURY SERIES
Judge this book by its cover I did A travel guide stands upright with a lush green square on a pale periwinkle jacket and a golden shaft of light across the top I turned a humble paperback into a tiny landscape It is a charming pick for reading nook ...
No.18 Paper Pastoral - QUIET LUXURY SERIES
Blooms and Orchard
Two tulips and a lemon and one small round fruit I wanted the softest corner of the series to hold the living things Pale pinks and speckled periwinkle and crimson and violet keep each one calm Pick these for botanical art prints and bedroom art prin...
Honestly this painting set the tone for the whole series One small round orange fruit with a green stem sits on a pale blue ledge inside an entire pink world I wanted to see how little a wall needs to feel expensive The answer is almost nothing I lay...
No.1 Heirloom Citrus - QUIET LUXURY SERIES
Okay this tulip is the one I keep going back to Pale yellow and green petals and a stem that leans like it is listening The background is a speckled periwinkle built from tiny dabs of oil pastel until it felt like frost on a window It is soft without...
No.2 Garden Tulip - QUIET LUXURY SERIES
I wanted red to whisper So I covered the whole sheet in dense crimson oil pastel and set one cream tulip with plum veins right in the middle The result feels like holding your breath in a good way It is my pick for master bedroom art prints or a dini...
No.4 The Red Silence - QUIET LUXURY SERIES
Good things take time One sun warmed lemon hangs with its leaf from a slender branch against a velvet violet ground I layered gold and orange and cream until the fruit glowed like the last light of afternoon It is lovely in kitchen art prints decor o...
No.19 The Ripening - QUIET LUXURY SERIES
Glass Stone and Pour
Two glass bottles and one green wine bottle and a banded mineral slab I love how oil pastel can catch light on glass and glow on stone These three belong in dining room art prints and bar cart wall art prints and kitchen art prints decor Vintage oil ...
I love a rock that looks like a dessert This split mineral slab is banded in rose and coral and teal and buttery yellow and leans against a cool grey blue wall I built the stripes with soft layered oil pastel so it feels polished and gentle at once T...
No.11 Blush Geology - QUIET LUXURY SERIES
Pour a little patience One dark green bottle stands upright against a blaze of burnt orange strokes with a cream label glowing at its base I painted the background in warm vertical marks so the whole sheet feels like the last hour of daylight It read...
No.12 Sundown Reserve - QUIET LUXURY SERIES
Glass is tricky because it holds light and shadow at once I wanted to see if oil pastel could do it Two bottles stand side by side One is clear and gold lit and the other is a dark silhouette with a glowing green belly Behind them a lime and lemon wi...
No.15 Hollow Light - QUIET LUXURY SERIES
Bold Everyday Objects
A red pencil and a lone sneaker and a sunscreen tube Everyday things deserve a gallery moment so I gave each one a loud color field These three are playful and still look grown up They fit home office art prints and dorm room aesthetic prints and bat...
I wanted a single red pencil to feel like a monument So I let a burnt orange field carry the mood and gave the pencil a deep plum shadow that does most of the talking I pressed the oil pastel thick so you can feel the strokes I think it belongs in a ...
No.3 The Quiet Point - QUIET LUXURY SERIES
One shoe dangles from a line against thousands of cobalt and cyan flecks that shimmer like a pool I found it lonely and brave and a little funny all at once It is the sweetest and silliest piece in the series I think it belongs on a dorm room aesthet...
No.8 Lone Shoe - Quiet Luxury Series
Self care but make it fine art A lime green sunscreen tube stands against deep black with a hot pink surface below I painted the little printed label details by hand in oil pastel because everyday humor is my favorite kind It is the funniest piece he...
No.16 Skin Season - QUIET LUXURY SERIES
After Dark
A lighthouse in deep blue night and a starry ridge in violet and teal These two are my quietest pieces and they feel best in a dim calm room Hang them as calming bedroom art prints or above bed art prints or in a serene meditation room prints space M...
Every home needs one steady light A lighthouse stands in deep ultramarine night with red and white panes glowing in the lantern room and a tiny green window below I layered oil pastel until the tower looked weathered and warm It is a calm anchor for ...
No.9 Salt And Starlight - Quiet Luxury Series
Where does the night end and the ridge begin? I never decided Glittering blue stars scatter over a dark teal sky while violet and magenta slopes glow below I scraped and layered oil pastel to give the sky a velvet grain It is the quietest piece I hav...
No.13 Lunar Drift - QUIET LUXURY SERIES