Landscapes | Irmeli Ylinen

• Sunny Lily Pond

  Oil, Linen on Panel, 8" x 10"

• Lost Island

  Oil, Linen on Panel, 9" x 12". The scene of the painting is from along the Potomac River in Virginia where I was plein air painting. The way the sun illuminated the grasses looked somewhat mysterious to me. I worked mor…

• Wine and Roses

  Oil, Linen on Panel, 8" x 10". I started to paint this vineyard scene on location at the lovely Pearmund Cellars Winery in Northern Virginia and finished it at my studio.

• Path to Serenity

  Oil, Linen on Panel, 8" x 10". I was walking around the Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in Vienna, Virginia looking for a scene to paint. The dreamy bench was irresistible and I started to paint finishing the painting late…

• Early Sunrise

  Oil, Panel, 18" x 14". My getting up in the dark, before sunrise, was rewarded with this colorful sky. I quickly took some photos to work from to create the painting.

• Garden Retreat

  Oil, Linen on Panel, 9" x 12". I found this delightful scene at the grounds of The Marshall House, a historic house museum in Leesburg, Virginia. I painted on location and finished the painting at my studio.

• Standing Strong

  Oil, Linen on Panel, 9" x 12". After a storm, the waterline of the Potomac River in Virginia was very high. The struggling tree got my attention; I started the painting on location at the Great Falls Park and finished i…

• Lavender Garden

  Oil, Linen on Panel, 9" x 12". I was plein air painting at a lovely lavender farm in Virginia. I continued to finish the painting in my studio.

• Timeless Through Ages

  Oil, Linen, 17" x 18". In 2018, while visiting the city of Vicenza in Northern Italy, I went to see the famous Renaissance country palace of Villa Capra, La Rotonda (1567) by Andrea Palladio which is part of a group of…

• Lily Pond

  Oil, Linen on Panel, 14" x 11". I began the painting en Plein Air in the countryside of Virginia on a very hot and humid summer day and finished it in my air conditioned studio!

• Sunny Vineyard

  Oil, Linen on Panel, 12" x 12". In Abruzzo, in Italy, I came across this memorable small vineyard

• Beyond the Bridge

  Oil, Panel, 10" x 8". I began this painting on location at the Manassas Battlefield Park in Virginia and finished the painting in my studio.

• Kite Flyer

  Oil, Canvas, 18" x 24". I saw a young man running and flying a kite in the State Arboretum of Virginia; perfect subject for a painting!

• Rock Meadow

  Oil, Canvas, 20" x 24". I like the way horses many times are so still, they almost blend into the landscape. Here I spotted a rocky field in the State Arboretum of Virginia and placed a horse I saw somewhere else into t…

• Blue Road

  Oil, Canvas, 24" x 20". Winter late afternoon scene of a dirt road in the State Arboretum of Virginia offered an interesting composition and colors to work with.

• Reflecting

  Oil, Canvas, 36" x 36". Interesting place to go to where I went for walks sometimes while living in Florida; Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in Boynton Beach. Beautiful scenery and alligator sigh…