Title: White Mountain View #5
Artist: Sandra Kavanaugh
Medium: Pastel on paper
Dimensions: 6" × 8"
Overview
White Mountain View #5 is a vibrant small-format mountain landscape by contemporary New England artist Sandra Kavanaugh. This original pastel captures the vivid color and sweeping rhythm of autumn in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, balancing a fiery foreground hillside with cool, hazy peaks in the distance.
Why Collect This Work
Compact yet full of seasonal energy, White Mountain View #5 brings the drama of a New England autumn ridgeline into an intimate 6" × 8" format. A sunlit hillside rises diagonally through the composition in blazing oranges, golds, and crimson reds, while dark evergreens anchor the slope and guide the eye toward the blue mountain ridge beyond.
The contrast between warm fall foliage and cool atmospheric distance gives the painting depth, movement, and a strong sense of place. Its expressive pastel surface and jewel-like color make it well-suited for collectors who appreciate New England landscapes, autumn scenes, plein-air influence, and compact works with strong visual presence.
Highlights
- Original artwork: One-of-a-kind pastel painting by Sandra Kavanaugh.
- New England subject: A sweeping White Mountain ridgeline with fiery autumn foliage, dark evergreens, distant blue peaks, and a pale hazy sky.
- Seasonal atmosphere: Bright, crisp, and expressive, with the warmth of fall color balanced by cool mountain distance.
- Appealing palette: Autumn orange, burning gold, crimson red, deep pine green, cerulean blue, soft gray, and lavender undertones.
- Display appeal: A compact 6" × 8" size suited for a gallery wall, study, hallway, office, shelf display, or New England landscape collection.
Technique and Surface
- Medium: Professional-grade soft pastels on textured fine art paper.
- Technique: Layered, painterly scumbling gives the foreground canopy dense texture and color, while softer horizontal strokes blend the distant mountain ridge into the sky.
- Composition: A dynamic diagonal slope rises from the lower right toward the upper left, leading the viewer through the autumn hillside toward the soft blue peak beyond.
- Style: Contemporary Impressionism with plein-air influence, emphasizing regional light, atmospheric perspective, and the vivid color shifts of autumn.
Inventory Status: Available for purchase online or in the gallery.
Shipping / Pickup: Shipping is available worldwide. Each artwork is securely packaged in professional archival materials, insured, and shipped globally. Complimentary local pickup is also available at our 23 North Main Street gallery.
