Portfolio - Original Oil Paintings by Modern Impressionist Erin Hanson

Spindly Joshua trees occupy much of the desertscape in Joshua Tree National Park. They crowd in groves or stand nobly on their own throughout the land. Interspersed among the alien forms are enormous boulders, cacti, ocotillo, and even water. Erin Hanson uses the long brushstrokes of her open impressionist technique to impart the movement of desert scrub, the sun in the sky, and the hot breeze rushing through Joshua trees in each of her desert landscape paintings. Her familiarity with the region extends to camping and rock climbing among the granite boulders.