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21 Contemporary Landscape Artists

These contemporary landscape artists explore the elements of nature to reveal its calming essence.

contemporary landscape artists

We have selected 21 stunning contemporary landscape artists that have succeeded in bridging the gap between reality and art. Each painting feels like getting caught in nature’s impeccable and unrivaled beauty. The sheer serenity, the burst of minty joy accompanied by a rush of admiration.

If you’re inspired by nature’s divinity and calming qualities, these following artists will sweep you off your feet then plunge you into the world of absolute tranquility.

  • 1. Adam Bogusz
  • 2. David Crosby
  • 3. Lynne Douglas
  • 4. Natalia Baykalova
  • 5. Sara Roberts
  • 6. Zohar Flax
  • 7. Aleksandr Korol
  • 8. Francisco Palomares
  • 9. Marina Kaverinskih
  • 10. Olga Ibadullayeva
  • 11. Shandor Alexander
  • 12. Bhavna Misra
  • 13. Justinas Krasuckas
  • 14. Mercedes Gordo
  • 15. Rob Van Hoek
  • 16. Tomas Castaño
  • 17. Christopher William Adach
  • 18. Kerry Milligan
  • 19. Michael Stoyanov
  • 20. Santiago Vanegas
  • 21. Virginia Garcia Costa

21 Contemporary Landscape Artists That Soothe Your Core

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1. Adam Bogusz

Adam Bogusz is one of the few contemporary landscape artists who draws inspiration from his imagination. He suspects the distinction in his artistic process stems from his experience as an only child who spent a considerable amount of time creating pictures from his imagination to entertain himself. “I’ve never felt the desire to explain the meanings behind my paintings,” Adam says. He enjoys the ambiguity attached to his paintings as he believes it allows his viewers to create their own stories.  

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“Nothing can stop you now”
65cm H by 60cm W
Acrylic
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“Embrace the unknown”
45cm H by 40cm W
Acrylic
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“Down by the creek”
80cm W by 60cm W
Acrylic

2. David Crosby

David Crosby is a British artist whose work has always been inspired by his environment. Born and raised in London, he later relocated to middle England where he enjoyed the artistry attached to the beautiful Georgian stone town filled with artistic minds. As a landscape photographer, David explores the calm deep fjords of Western Norway and the soaring majesty of the mountains, finding himself lost in awe amid capturing these exquisite works of nature. Lately, he creates art while listening to the cries of seagulls in a southwestern Devon seaside town.

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Title: Sunnmøre II Size: 20×30 inches Medium: Digital on foam core panel
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Title: Sunnmøre X Size: 20×30 inches Medium: Digital on foam core panel
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Title: Sunnmøre III Size: 20×30 inches Medium: Digital on foam core panel

3. Lynne Douglas

Lynne Douglas is a creative landscape photographer born in Glasgow. For several years, Lynne explored art simultaneously alongside her career as a research scientist spending her spare time traveling the Scottish countryside with her camera. Though the scientific side of her artistry embraced mastering the technical aspect of photography, her love for abstract painting urged her to ignore the rules. She began experimenting with the realms of art by using her camera as a brushstroke, moving it during shots to create a blur and a sense of movement. By ignoring the rules, she discovered she could bring her dreams to life, merging hills and the sky with the land below and depicting movement in waves as they hit the shore.

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Mountain Light – Stormy teal light and ochre grasses with intangible, almost ghostly mountains in silhouette. I love to create images using my camera like a paintbrush, sweeping away the normal restrictions one expects from photography. Limited Edition Giclee Print 40 x 40 inches on Canvas or Fine Art Paper.
contemporary landscape artists
Hill of the Red Fox –
The mysterious landscape of the Isle of Skye provides endless inspiration for creative landscapes. In Summer, the sheep roam wild on our craggy mountains, appearing like polka dots on a green velvet blanket. Limited Edition Giclee Print 60 x 40 inches on Canvas or Fine Art Paper.
Cuillin Storm – I find the graphic mountain shapes and colors inspire me to look beyond the scene to develop an image reminiscent of a dream. Moving the camera as I take the images allows me the freedom to blur the lines between dream and reality. Limited Edition Giclee Print 40 x 40 inches on Canvas or Fine Art Paper.

4. Natalia Baykalova

Natalia Baykalova is a Russian contemporary landscape artist. Skiing through the snowy mountains of Siberia, Natalia began drawing sketches and taking photographs that expressed her mesmerizing connection with nature. The whispers escaping the mountains, the ethereal ambiance created by the sun illuminating the paths, all expressed with swaths of lulling colors. She tries to convey the emotions that accompany interacting with nature by mimicking reality in her paintings.

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Noctiflorous 80х80 2 2021
Energy of Snow №3 70х60 2019 details
Energy of Snow 90х90 2019

5. Sara Roberts

Sara Roberts is an Australian painter. She sees painting as a passage that unites polarities that bridge the gap between her various experiences. Having spent time away from Australia experiencing different countries, she began to question her identity and how it relates to her art by using her paintings to explore and harmonize her multiplicities.

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By the River, oil on canvas, 100cm x 100cm
Someday, 127cm x 127cm

6. Zohar Flax

Zohar Flax is an Israeli-born painter. Using her experiences living abroad, particularly in Japan and the UK, where she spent over 25 years, Zohar blended her old and new memories as they relate to the places she has experienced. Though her art resonates more with the memories from her childhood landscapes, she embraces the alienated feeling that accompanied living abroad.

Jaffa on the beach
A view Towards Mount Carmel II
View to Jezreel Valey IV

7. Aleksandr Korol

Aleksandr Korol is an outstanding Ukrainian modern artist.  He graduated from Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts/Department where he learned the traditional academic manner of Plein-air realism. Alexander works in an impressionistic, realistic manner of painting with elements of symbolism, due to its expressive qualities. He also enjoys traveling and painting outdoors, while studying the cultural uniqueness, and historical features of his travel destinations. His artistic style is a skillful combination of realism and abstraction, using textures, volumes, and semi-volumes.

The painting “Violet Fiolent” was painted from nature in the open air in Crimea. During the spring flowering period. Air haze, bright sun, saturated colors… Purple cliffs descending into the turquoise sea and blooming peach. I was impressed by this natural harmony of color.
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The painting “In the Garden” was painted from nature in the open air in Pylypets. This is a village in the Carpathians. Ukraine. In winter, there are many tourists and lovers of skiing. In spring it is quiet, calm, and beautiful. This simple landscape attracted me with its colors. Flowering trees in the bright spring sun and drying laundry. it breathes with freshness and warmth. Nature is renewed after winter. People do house cleaning and wash all things. White trees blooming, white linen as a symbol of purity and renewal in life.
The painting “Bathhouse” was painted from nature in the open air in Sednev. Sednev is a small village in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine. I was interested in the way of life of local people. People here live almost the same way as they did 1000 years ago. they grow vegetables and animals,
collect firewood in the forest for the winter, and go to the bathhouse. I liked the fresh grass in early autumn after the rain. Simple wooden houses surrounded by greenery. I have depicted this simple rural life in a landscape with a bathhouse.

8. Francisco Palomares

Francisco Palomares is a Mexican-American artist. His artistic journey started as a child from visiting classical art museums with his mother to reading art-related books. Though he developed an interest in art as a child, he was unable to study art properly due to financial restraints until his sophomore year in high school. Today, Francisco has a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from California State University. His artistry highlights the luminescence of the black and brown skin as a reflection of the community he grew up in. Also present in his art are documentations of landmarks that are on the brink of oblivion due to gentrification.

Olympic Liquor, Los Angeles.
Oil on canvas.
42”x40”
Michigan,USA.
Oil on wood panel.
5”x7”
Echo Park 2020, Los Angeles.
Oil on wood panel.
10”x10”

9. Marina Kaverinskih

Marina Kaverinskih made the most out of the pandemic that threw the world into an eerie standstill. She used this moment to visit the beautiful Moraine Lake and mountains where she engulfed herself in its captivating capsule to draw inspiration for her “wonders of the world” art collection.

Medium: acrylic, and oil on linen canvas,
Size: 50×70 cm,
Title: Moraine Lake and mountains, Peaceful landscape for a nature lover
Medium: acrylic, and oil on linen canvas,
Size: 50×70 cm,
Title: Moraine Lake and mountains, Peaceful landscape for a nature lover

10. Olga Ibadullayeva

Olga Ibadullyaeva is a Ukrainian artist. Her path towards artistry formed through her mother’s involvement in her interest in arts. Today, she believes there are no ordinary moments in life hence her obsession with giving relevance to the mundane and casting spotlight on the obscure.

005.jpeg – Spring awakening
The watercolor landscape in early springtime, Eastern Ukraine.
Painting, 2020
Watercolor on Paper
51 W x 36 H cm
002.jpeg – Alps view
The watercolor landscape of the Alps was painted during traveling to Switzerland in 2020.
Painting
Watercolor on Paper
41 W x 31 H cm
001.jpeg – Sunny day in the Alps
The watercolor landscape was painted in the Alps during winter travel, December 2019.
Painting, 2019
Watercolor on Paper
41 W x 31 H cm

11. Shandor Alexander

Shandor Alexander is a Ukrainian Plein-air landscape artist. He draws inspiration from working al fresco, gathering energy from the open air, and enjoying the artistic freedom and tranquility it brings. In his words, the essence of Plein air painting is in the transfer of colors, mood, the flickering of light, and the vibrations of the atmosphere. His favorite artistic destinations are the Transcarpathian Carpathians and the Tissa River, where he visits often. 

Red autumn in the settlement
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Giant mountains
Mountain scope

12. Bhavna Misra

Bhavna Misra draws inspiration from diverse corners of landscape, wildlife, portraiture, and everyday objects. She believes the purpose of creation is to introduce disruption to add value, amid experimenting for the sole purpose of growth and making a difference. Major elements and styles that are consistent with her paintings are trees, skies, bold brushwork, and contrast color play.

Promise of a new day
Lilypond Digitally Signed
Stream

13. Justinas Krasuckas

Justinas Krasuckas is a Lithuanian realism painter who explores landscape art. He’s one of several contemporary landscape artists that finds comfort in painting in an outdoor setting. He draws inspiration from the wild mysteriousness of nature hence his preference for painting en Plein air.

“Logs” 40×30 cm. Oil on canvas. Available
By the sea
“Autumn feel” 60×70 cm. Oil on canvas. Available

14. Mercedes Gordo

Mercedes Gordo‘s art is a mix of styles ranging from classic to modern. Gordo’s paintings are inspired by her curiosity, passion, and ultimately her desire to learn. She intends to unleash a sense of emotions for the viewers through colors, textures, and designs that contain untold stories.

contemporary landscape artists
CALM SUMMER. Oil on wood 41×60 cm. oil on wood Enjoying a quiet summer by the lake with a forest in all its splendor. I have put a lot of emphasis on the work of the varied colors that nature offers us
VIOLET SUNSET. Oil on canvas 24×34 cm. In dreams, there is a romantic sunset of violet tones, pink that invades everything. I love the range of colors purple, pink, fuchsia, etc. and in this painting, I have been able to work it intensely
MY COTTAGE. Oil on wood. 60×41 cm. The cottage of my dreams is surrounded by nature. An immersion in a landscape that has all the elements that I like: mountains, trees, plants

15. Rob Van Hoek

Rob Van Hoek is a Dutch artist who has been painting professionally since 1993. He has been inspired by the landscape for years, particularly the countryside, which he cites as his greatest source of inspiration. Naturally, he is drawn to the patterns, rhythm, surfaces, colors, and lines of trees along the road or that of a lonely tree in a field. He often uses a bird’s eye view as opposed to a linear perspective when creating his painting to alter the sense of details.  

1449-Went walking through the trees-60x60cm– Oil and wax on canvas
This is another one in a series of paintings imagining a walk through the forest. These paintings are very special to me. Just outside my countryside studio I very often make long walks. The forest and fields are very inspiring. I don’t paint the actual landscape, but the impressions and emotions I take back home and transform them into my art. These paintings have more naive elements than the more spacious landscapes.
1410- Just a silver bright light – 70x100cm– Oil and wax on canvas
A lot of my paintings are in a colorful palette. But sometimes it is a joy to work with grey colors only. I call it “colorful grey”; all shades of grey, with some minor but effective-colored details. It opens up all kinds of possibilities to play with the effects of light in the paintings and all the figurative details get crisp and delicate.
1400-Daylight falls upon the path-70x60cm – Oil, and wax on canvas
Landscape painting in blue and green colors, imagining a walk through forest and fields, as I like to do so much when I am in Gorssel. I have a little countryside studio there, where I make a lot of my paintings. This one is made there, but like all my paintings, it is not an existing place. All impressions from my walks are used for imaginary landscapes, a bit romantic, a bit naive.

16. Tomas Castaño

Tomas Castaño is a landscape artist who enjoys capturing the light and multiple colors present in the sky according to each moment of the day. He mentions the sunset as a huge inspiration, which he emphasized in his series named “SKIES”. His most recognized works are his urban landscapes, particularly the facades of commercial establishments from the 19th and 20th centuries which are still preserved in old Madrid to get the new generations accustomed to the places where their ancestors developed their activities.

Fiery sky- Oil on wood- 50×50 cms 2013
Sky with cranes- oil on canvas – 60×60 cms 2011
Cafe Belen- Madrid – oil on canvas – 50×70 cms 2020

17. Christopher William Adach

Christopher William Adach is a Polish photographer living in Mexico. As a follower of Davinci’s philosophy, he finds solace in simplifying things, seeking the shortest ways to convey ideas. He strongly believes that the true character of things lies in the smallest details, hence he avoids involving multiple elements in his works. Despite being a photographer who spent a lot of time around music clubs and arenas as an artistic entrepreneur, his inspiration is tied to the divine perfection of nature. He says, “In nature, there are always the little sparks which start the fire like contrast, forms of light.”

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‘Patzcuaro lake’ – Photo was taken at one of the biggest lakes of Michoacan in Mexico, Patzcuaro lake. That morning the sky was almost clear, not counting the barely invisible pillow of the mists kissing the horizon. The lake was quiet and only the delicate shape of water plants broke the silence. (Digital photography 1065×1097 pixels)
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‘Hierve el Agua’ – Photo was taken in one of the most iconic natural spot in Mexico – Hierve el Ahua in Oaxaca. I loved the beautiful, orange glow of the sun contrasting with silhouettes of the trees reflecting in the natural water pool. (Digital photography 1065×1098 pixels)
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‘Yaxha lagoon’ – Yaxha is located in the north of Guatemala and it is the name of the lake, part of ancient Mayan ruins with the same name. It was something magical about this single tree complementing the water hat reflecting in the water against orange like sky mimicking the last breath of the setting sun (Digital photography 1065×1097 pixels)

18. Kerry Milligan

Kerry Milligan is a landscape painter who enjoys the creative freedom of experimenting with color, form, and line variations observed in nature. Through her paintings, Kerry intends to express the beauty and calming effects that nature brings into our lives. Her creations range from abstract dreamscapes to detailed scenery emphasizing forms of nature through using bands of color, curvy lines, and organic forms dissolving into one another. “I’m inspired by colorful landforms against the blue sky, wine country fields, and the rolling hills in mountain range valleys,” Kerry explains.

contemporary landscape artists
Southwest Valley, Oil on Canvas, 51 x 51 x 1.9 cm
New Mexico Valley, Acrylic on Canvas, 45.5 x 61 x 2 cm
https://www.saatchiart.com/account/artworks/18349
Purple Mountains, Acrylic on Canvas, 30.5 x 40.5 x 3.5 cm

19. Michael Stoyanov

Michael Stoyanov was born in a small village in Bulgaria where he grew up listening to the bleating of sheep and the sounds of the hammer hitting the anvil, as his father worked on barrels for homemade wine. His journey into becoming one of the most successful contemporary landscape artists in the US started with a degree in art from college at the age of 21. He moved to the US in his early 40’s where he’s since enjoyed recognition for his artistic merits including a citizenship award. There, particularly in Arizona, he cemented a connection with the nature surrounding him where he draws most inspiration for his painting.

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“Grand Canyon Panorama (Yavapai Point)”, 110” x 70”, oils on canvas. I created this painting when I turned 60 as a summit of my artistic vision. The majestic expanse of the Grand Canyon and the interplay of light and shades on the rocks offers the artist exciting challenges and delights
“Desert Golf Course (Troon North)”, oils on canvas, 30” x 40”. Beautiful Scottsdale also offers man-made landscapes like this golf course nestled between the mountains and the saguaros.
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“Arizona”, 30” x 40”, acrylics on canvas. A springtime landscape of the Superstition Mountains near the Phoenix Valley. This picture for me is a quintessential Arizona in spring.

20. Santiago Vanegas

Santiago Vanegas is a Philadephia-born artist who has also spent much of his time living in Columbia. Navigating through two different cultures has played a role in his artistic inspiration. For several years, he moved back and forth between the United States and Columbia before finally settling in Columbia for 14 years. Today, he’s back in the US, precisely Atlanta, where he lives with his family. He has explored several styles of photography including surrealism, mixed media, street photography, and landscape among others, hence his preference to be recognized as an Autobiographical photography artist. This affords him the freedom to explore whatever he finds inspiring without being restricted to a defined genre.

Double Negative, yr 2009
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Isle Of Skye 2015 The Leica Meet
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Iceland #912, yr 2011

21. Virginia Garcia Costa

Virginia Garcia Costa is an Argentinian artist based in Switzerland. She produces wall sculptures and paintings inspired by elements of nature. The impeccable manner in which she arranges her materials to imitate the surface of water makes her paintings truly unique. The different perspectives give a peaceful sense of harmony and modern aesthetics. Observing her art with a side glance, the perpendicular lines give the piece a calm and fresh sense of three-dimensionality.

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Encuentro
Painting: Oil on Canvas
Original: One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size: 50 W x 50 H x 3.8 D cm
My oil painting was inspired by a spring evening. The sunlight faded on the horizon and the lanterns began to shine creating a pleasant and romantic atmosphere.
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Nuevo Comienzo (sold)
Painting: Oil on Canvas
Original: One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size: 50 W x 50 H x 4 D cm
A beautiful nostalgic afternoon inspired me in my work.

Conclusion

Landscapes are a classical choice for any room. The beauty of landscapes is that they can be so diverse — from the types of terrain and geography to the styles (impressionistic, Plein Aire, abstract, realistic, and so on).

Here are all 21 contemporary up-and-coming landscape artists we covered in this article:

  • 1. Adam Bogusz
  • 2. David Crosby
  • 3. Lynne Douglas
  • 4. Natalia Baykalova
  • 5. Sara Roberts
  • 6. Zohar Flax
  • 7. Aleksandr Korol
  • 8. Francisco Palomares
  • 9. Marina Kaverinskih
  • 10. Olga Ibadullayeva
  • 11. Shandor Alexander
  • 12. Bhavna Misra
  • 13. Justinas Krasuckas
  • 14. Mercedes Gordo
  • 15. Rob Van Hoek
  • 16. Tomas Castaño
  • 17. Christopher William Adach
  • 18. Kerry Milligan
  • 19. Michael Stoyanov
  • 20. Santiago Vanegas
  • 21. Virginia Garcia Costa

We’re always adding artists, check out new landscape artists here >

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