The view from an airplane window

A post-impressionist look through a window in the sky.

Paintings by Nolan Steil

Gallery installation view of a long white wall receding into the distance, displaying the exhibition title 'The View from an Airplane Window' by Nolan Steil in black text on the right. Several small paintings are mounted along the wall, including abstract swirling blue and white compositions and a few smaller dark and yellow-toned pieces, each with a small wall label.

Abstract post-impressionist painting titled 'Stinson Beach' by Nolan Steil, mounted on a light-colored wall. The composition uses flowing, wavy bands of color to suggest a landscape or aerial view: the upper portion has swirling blues, grays, and purples resembling sky or water, with a yellow circular sun or moon shape and smaller dark orbs. The lower portion transitions into warm, layered bands of gold, rust, maroon, and brown resembling hills or terrain, with a bright yellow curving line running through the middle. A small signature or date mark appears in the bottom left corner of the canvas

Painting titled 'Pacific' by Nolan Steil, mounted on a light-colored wall with a small text label to its right. The square canvas depicts an abstract, wave-like composition in deep blues, teals, and blacks, resembling rippling ocean water viewed from above. Undulating horizontal bands of varying shades create a sense of depth and movement across the surface, with a small artist's signature in the bottom left corner

Painting titled 'Nevada Sky' by Nolan Steil, mounted on a light-colored wall. The abstract post-impressionist composition features flowing, marbled bands of blue, gray, and purple in varying shades, creating a swirling, map-like or aerial pattern. Small circular and oval shapes in lighter and darker tones are scattered throughout, resembling clouds, pools, or celestial forms embedded within the wavy lines

Long horizontal painting titled 'Golden Gate Bridge' by Nolan Steil, mounted on a light-colored wall. The abstract post-impressionist composition uses flowing wavy bands of teal, blue, gray, and white across the upper portion, suggesting clouds or sky, with a small yellow circular sun. A bright red horizontal band cuts across the middle of the canvas, with a dark red and black geometric shape at the left edge suggesting a bridge tower or structure. The lower portion continues the wavy pattern in darker blues and blacks, evoking water below.

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