Sweeping View of Summer Hills in Lucas Valley, California

Description

This sunlit composition of a Summer California hills landscape presents rolling golden slopes threaded with pockets of green foliage beneath a soft, graduated sky. The composition emphasizes the valley’s contours and depth, where light and shadow map the land’s subtle undulations. Rendered in soft, tactile color and delicate pastel marks, the piece reveals textural contrasts between sun-warmed earth and resilient vegetation. Its restrained palette and measured forms convey calm and clarity, encouraging quiet observation rather than spectacle. An understated natural statement that would bring a harmonious presence to a living room, study, or office. This is part of a series of 15 original pastels completed on location in the Bay Area between 1988 to 1991. Contact Donna@DonnaMankusArt.com about acquiring this or other originals in this series.