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There are moments in nature when the light changes so quickly that the landscape seems to become something entirely different. A mountain that was familiar a moment ago can suddenly feel new. Planes of color shift. Shadows deepen. The horizon becomes more defined. For me, those moments are often where a painting begins. Sunshine Days grew from that experience. Rather than painting a particular mountain or attempting to recreate a landscape literally, I wanted to explore what happens underneath the image: the geometry, relationships, shifting planes, and changes in light that make a landscape feel the way it does. From landscape to geometry My work often begins with something observed in the natural world, but I don't want the finished painting to simply describe what I saw. I rebuild it. In Sunshine Days, the mountain becomes a series of geometric forms. Warm yellow moves through the composition, creating a sense of light and energy, while the structured planes give the painting its underlying sense of order. The result is an original abstract mountain painting that sits somewhere between landscape and geometry. You can recognize the inspiration without needing to identify the place. Why yellow? Yellow can be an immediate color. It carries light, warmth, energy and optimism. But I wasn't interested in using yellow simply because it is bright. I wanted to see how far I could push the color while keeping the painting grounded in structure. The geometry gives the color somewhere to live. Rather than letting the yellow become purely decorative, I used it as part of the architecture of the painting, helping define space, movement and the relationship between the different forms. The moment before you understand the landscape One of the things I love about abstraction is that recognition can happen gradually. You might first see color. Then shape. Then perhaps a mountain. And eventually the painting becomes less about identifying what you're looking at and more about experiencing it. That is the moment I was interested in with Sunshine Days: the moment when light reorganizes a mountain into something you feel before you understand it. An original painting for a contemporary space Sunshine Days is a 20 × 20 inch original acrylic painting on canvas. It is one of a kind, professionally framed and ready to hang. The scale makes it possible to enjoy the painting on its own or incorporate it into a larger collection of contemporary artwork. The original is currently available directly from my studio. Explore the original Sunshine Days painting → Once the original enters a collection, there will not be another version of this painting. Sunshine Days20 × 20 inchesOriginal acrylic on canvas$2,500Framed and ready to hangShipping included View the original →

Vista is a 30x30 original geometric mountain painting by Shilo Ratner. Inspired by mountain hiking and the quiet strength of open terrain, it brings earthy calm to modern interiors.

How mountain paintings and meditation practice help create art that brings calm to your space. Discover the inspiration behind Shilo Ratner's geometric mountain landscapes and full moon paintings.

Held in geometry. A mountain coast at the edge of day. There is a particular kind of light that seems to slow everything down. It happens late in the afternoon, when the sun begins to drop and the landscape changes. Mountains turn ochre and sienna. Water becomes a darker, quieter blue. The edges of the landscape begin to soften, even as the forms themselves become more defined. That feeling was at the center of Golden Coast, a new 40 × 40 original painting and one of the most layered works I have created in this series.

What is minimalist landscape art? Shilo Ratner explores where light ends and dark begins, and how shape, value, and openness keep a landscape alive.

How does a landscape become abstract art? Shilo Ratner traces the studio process from observing mountains, coastlines, and horizons to building geometric paintings through shape, proportion, color, and space.

In August 2015, Shilo Ratner participated in the nationally juried Annual Contemporary Art Survey at The Lincoln Center in Fort Collins, CO, with guest juror Dean Sobel, Executive Director of the Clyfford Still Museum.

A reflection on the Georgia O'Keeffe traveling exhibition at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, and what her wit, obsession, and lifelong drive to create continue to mean to my practice as a painter.

Shilo Ratner's newest geometric abstract paintings will be featured at the Seattle Art Fair 2024 with +GalleryLABS, July 25-28 at Lumen Field Event Center. Discover bold mountain paintings and abstract landscapes from this contemporary artist.

Discover Sunshine Days, a vibrant 20x20 yellow abstract mountain painting that radiates hope and joy. This original artwork by Shilo Ratner brings cheerful energy and new beginnings to your space.

Nature has an incredible way of grounding us — and that influence is central to my landscape-inspired artwork. Rather than painting literal scenes, my work abstracts natural forms into simplified shapes and layered compositions. 

Shilo Ratner's work selected for Best in Show at Aedra Fine Arts Fortune Favors Exhibition. Curator Michael Hanna reviews her geometric abstract paintings, describing them as "poetic" with "angular beauty and grace."

How Josef Albers's 1963 color theory book still shapes the way we use color, contrast, and abstract art in modern interiors.

Art is connection. Discover the creative philosophy behind minimalist landscape paintings that transform nature's impressions into expansive, meditative works designed to bring quiet sophistication and grounding to your space.

Abstract art does not tell us what to see. It gives us space to look more closely, form our own interpretations, and experience a painting in a personal way.

I Am Awareness has been selected for the Greenwich Art Society's fall exhibition, juried by Antonia Pocock of the Whitney Museum of American Art. On view October 22 to November 19, 2026.