Horizontal Abstract Painting of Sandstone Strata - Canvas Wall Art

Maren Hollis got close to a cliff face and painted what she saw: layer after layer of settled sandstone. This horizontal abstract painting is built from long, knife-laid bands of warm tan, ivory and sand, with cool slate blue and soft sage running between them and a few thin charcoal lines marking the seams. The bands rise and dip gently, the way sediment does when it has had a few million years to settle.

It started as hand painted canvas art in thick palette knife impasto, and you can see every ridge and lifted edge where the knife dragged through the paint. That's the appeal of good palette knife abstract art: the surface feels like rock even though nothing in it is literal. Our print keeps that relief and those small cracks crisp, so it reads as textured canvas wall art from across the room.

This one is for people who like neutral abstract wall art but want something with a real story under it. Geology fans, hikers who come home with pockets full of stones, and anyone drawn to quiet earth tone wall art that still has movement will find a lot to look at here. It sits easily alongside the rest of the Mineral Stone Panoramas collection.

The flowing layers make it a natural pick for long horizontal wall art spots: above a sofa, over a low credenza, or across the headboard wall in a bedroom. As panoramic wall art it pairs well with linen, oak, stone and warm whites. Hang this sandstone wall art where the light comes in from the side and the painted ridges will cast their own small shadows on the canvas wall art.