Angel Wings Painting Appraisal

Original Angel Wings Painting by Dale Haessly

This is an original contemporary painting on stretched canvas by the artist Dale Haessly. The artwork depicts a central figure shown from the back, focusing on large, prominently textured white angel wings. The painting is executed in an impressionistic or expressionistic style, utilizing heavy impasto techniques where the paint is applied thickly to create visible texture and depth in the feathers. The color palette is dominated by whites, grays, and light blues, with hints of yellow and soft pinks reflecting light within the wings. The background appears more abstract, with muted tones of beige, blue, and green, suggesting a sky or ethereal landscape. The canvas is medium-sized and shown resting on a wooden studio easel, flecked with multicolored paint drips, indicating it may be in a finished or near-finished state within the artist's studio. The craftsmanship highlights a bold use of palette knives or heavy brushwork to define form through movement and shadow. The piece is in excellent contemporary condition with no visible signs of aging, cracking, or restoration. It represents a spiritual or symbolic subject matter common in modern folk or religious art, showcasing the artist's unique hand and physical interaction with the medium.