Landscape

These two paintings explore the emotional resonance of natural spaces through abstraction and color. One features undulating blue dunes beneath a fiery sky, where mountain silhouettes rise against a dramatic sunset. The other presents a serene expanse of sky and earth, with soft gradients and textured terrain evoking quiet distance and open possibility. Both compositions use expressive brushwork and layered hues to suggest movement, transition, and the beauty of the unseen. Together, they offer a contemplative journey through imagined horizons.

  • Medium: Oil on canvas

  • Size: 24 x 24 inches

  • Year: 2023

Abstract Landscapes of Emotion

This duo of abstract landscapes captures the drama and beauty of sky and earth in flux. One painting swirls with clouds of yellow, red, green, and violet—an atmospheric dance of color and light. The other reveals a horizon where rolling hills meet a sky ablaze with movement, blending warm and cool tones in fluid harmony. Both compositions use expressive brushwork and layered hues to evoke depth, emotion, and the mystery of nature’s changing moods.

  • Medium: Oil on canvas

  • Size: 24 x 24 inches

  • Year: 2025

Color Fields Landscape

Abstract Landscape

Sacred Geometry — Architecture of Color and Form

This duo of geometric abstractions invites viewers into a contemplative space where color and structure converge. Interlocking shapes and bold palettes—reds, blacks, creams, and golds—create a sense of architectural rhythm and spatial illusion. Each composition plays with depth and perspective, resembling cityscapes or sacred constructions built from light and shadow. The sharp angles and layered textures evoke both modern design and timeless symbolism, offering a visual meditation on balance, order, and the beauty of form.

  • Medium: Oil on canvas

  • Size: 24 x 24 inches

  • Year: 2025

Journey into Light — A Sailboat at Sunset

This expressive painting captures a sailboat gliding through golden waters beneath a radiant sunset. Bold brushstrokes and warm hues—yellows, reds, and oranges—illuminate the sky and ripple across the waves, evoking movement, reflection, and hope. The lone vessel sails toward the horizon, framed by distant mountains and a glowing sun, suggesting a spiritual voyage or a moment of quiet courage. Rich in texture and emotion, the scene invites viewers to contemplate the beauty of transition and the promise carried by light.

  • Medium: Oil on canvas

  • Size: 24 x 30 inches

  • Year: 2025

Celestial Reflections — Landscapes of Light and Mystery

These two abstract works evoke the quiet majesty of nature and the cosmos through radiant color and flowing form. One painting features a golden orb dripping light across a textured sky, suggesting a sun or divine presence illuminating the unseen. The other portrays a dreamlike horizon of pastel skies and stylized mountains, where a pale moon hovers in serenity. Both compositions blend circular motifs, layered brushstrokes, and ethereal palettes—inviting viewers into a contemplative space where earth and heaven meet in silence and wonder.

  • Medium: Oil on Canvas

  • Size: 24x36 inches

Celestial Landscapes

Rivers of Wonder — Waterfalls Between Worlds

These two paintings explore the mystery and majesty of waterfalls as portals between realms—natural, urban, and divine. One piece cascades from golden towers into a river winding through jewel-toned hills, merging cityscape and landscape in a surreal dance of color and texture. The other reveals a more meditative scene: a golden sun watches over a quiet waterfall framed by bare branches, glittering foliage, and abstract rain. Both compositions use metallic accents, layered brushwork, and symbolic forms to evoke movement, reflection, and transcendence. Together, they invite viewers to contemplate the flow of life and the beauty found at the meeting point of creation and imagination.

  • Medium: Mix Media

  • Size: 30 x 48 inches

Circle of Creation — Landscapes of Light and Flow

These circular compositions invite the viewer into dreamlike worlds where mountains, waterfalls, and celestial bodies converge in harmony. One painting features layered blue and gold peaks beneath a golden sun, with tree branches and blossoms framing the scene like a sacred mandala. The other reveals a surreal terrain of red and violet mountains, flowing golden lines, and twin celestial orbs—sun and moon—hovering above. Both works blend natural and cosmic elements with textured detail and radiant color, offering a contemplative space where the rhythms of earth and sky echo the soul’s quiet longing.

  • Medium: Oil on canvas

  • Size: 16X16 inches

  • Year: 2025

Early Artworks

Original paintings that captivate the beauty of the changing seasons, showcasing vibrant colors, settling landscapes, and the intricate details of nature's transformations throughout the year.

Changing Seasons

The nature has its own seasons, human also has seasons of emotion that ebb and flow, bringing forth joy in the springtime of love and melancholy in the winter of reflection.

Original paintings that tell the story of nature in the seasons. Cherry blossom of Springtime and Moonlight over the lake create a mesmerizing tapestry of colors and emotions, capturing the essence of life as it unfolds throughout the year, inviting the viewer to immerse themselves in the beauty and rhythm of nature's cycle.

Friendship
Moonlight Over the Lake

Early Artworks Cont...

Original paintings that tell the story of nature in time of the day. Atmospheric paintings of distant water create a calm and tranquil experience for viewers, evoking a sense of serenity and peace. Each artwork captures the delicate interplay of light and shadow, inviting the observer to immerse themselves in a world where nature's beauty unfolds with every brushstroke. These captivating pieces serve as windows to a landscape that conveys emotion and tranquility, making them perfect for any living space or gallery setting.

Early Artworks Cont...

Original paintings that tell captivating stories filled with emotion and depth, often inviting the viewer to ponder their meanings and reflect on their own experiences.

Environment Catastrophic, a term that evokes images of devastation and challenge, serves as a reminder of our urgent responsibilities towards the planet and the importance of cherishing the beauty of our surroundings.

Crying Trees

The environment is crying out.

Thomas Fire Santa Barbara

Inspired by the Thomas Fire in 2017 in the Central Coast California.

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My Journey

Over the years, I’ve poured my heart into every brushstroke, capturing moments that speak to the soul.

Work

Original Paintings

Each piece tells a story of color and emotion.

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Maria Nguyen
Contemporary Spiritual Artist
Santa Barbara, California