Paintings

Selected work by Marlene Breitenstein

Work-in-progress pastel painting of two sunflowers. The left blossom is pink and "looks" straight ahead. The right blossom is red, and is turned towards the other flower. The background is unfinished in blue and green.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Girasole

This work-in-progress painting is an homage to my relationship with my beloved husband. I intended it to be loosely painted, but it had other ideas, becoming my most detailed and labor-intensive work to date.

🟡 Limited edition prints will be available upon completion.
🔴 The original is not for sale. Pastel on sanded archival paper.

Pastel painting of a bridge with three arches, over a wide creek. A tree is to the left and a hill in the background.

Burnside Bridge

I started this painting at Antietam Battlefield in Maryland. This bridge is an historic landmark in the bloodiest battle of America’s Civil War.

🟢 Original pastel painting
Unframed: 455 €
Framed: 650 €

Pastel on sanded archival paper.
Original unframed art is 31 cm x 24 cm (12″ x 9.5″).
Framed size is 55 cm x 48 cm (21.5″ x 19″). Professionally framed with archival mat board, glass, with a silver frame.
Sizes are approximate.

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Pastel painting of a row of autumn trees in yellow and orange. There is a sunset above them in orange, purple and blue, and the grass in the foreground is deep in shadow.

Glimmen

🟢 Original pastel painting
Unframed: 310 €
Framed: 500 €

Pastel on sanded archival paper.
Original art is 25 cm x 20 cm (10″ x 8″).
Framed size is 31 cm x 26 cm (12″ x 10″). Professionally framed under museum glass, spacer, with a gold frame.
Sizes are approximate.

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Pastel painting of dramatic storm clouds in off-white, russet-red and dark blue. The sun disc peeks through at the center.

Now on the Yin Yang Timeline

🟢 Original pastel painting
Unframed: 455 €

Pastel on sanded archival paper.
Original art is 30 cm x 23 cm (12″ x 9″).

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Painting of a landscape with a fence and trees. On the fence post is the round band from a barrel. In the foreground left are poppies.

Mary’s Poppies

NOTE: Current signature reflects my last name (Mayman) when the work was created. Artwork will be re-signed as Marlene Breitenstein when sold.

🟢 Original pastel painting
Unframed: 630 €
Framed: 800 €

Pastel on sanded archival paper.
Original art is 38 cm x 27 cm (15″ x 10.5″).
Framed size is 60 cm x 47 cm (23.5″ x 18.5″). Professionally framed with archival mat board, glass, with a gold frame.
Sizes are approximate.

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Pastel painting of a sunset and clouds, over a sliver of dark land. The blue-gray-purple clouds are heavy and take up 2/3 of the upper painting. The sun peeks out just below them, creating a violet band just above the darkly silhouetted earth and trees.

Part of the Truth Revealed

Title inspired by a line in Barry Hughart’s book Bridge of Birds.

🟢 Original pastel painting
Unframed: 455 €

Pastel on sanded archival paper.
Original art is 29 cm x 24 cm (11.5″ x 9.5″).
Sizes are approximate.

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Pastel painting in a more abstract style. Cloudy mist hangs over a dark landscape.

Nebel

I have enjoyed hearing many interpretations of this painting. I leave it to you to determine your own.

🟢 Limited edition prints available.
Prints are numbered and signed by the artist, with a certificate of authenticity.

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🔴 Original pastel painting
SOLD

Pastel on sanded archival paper.
Original art is 31 cm x 24 cm (12″ x 9.5″).
Framed size is 39 cm x 32 cm (15.5″ x 12.5″). Professionally framed under museum glass, spacer, with a silver frame.
Sizes are approximate.

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Where Am I?

Sometimes in the Washington, DC area.
Sometimes I’m traveling elsewhere.

Otherwise I’m near Landau in der Pfalz, in the Südliche Weinstrasse (Southern Wine Route) region of Germany, characterized by endless vineyards, and bordered by mountains covered with fairy-tale forests. France is 25 minutes away.