'Nepali Giants' | Original Painting | Chasing Winter Collection

$1,509.00

A panoramic continuation of my time walking in the shadows of Nepal, "Nepali Giants" celebrates the vast, unfolding skyline of a mountain range steeped in sacredness.

Designed to carry your eyes across the full weight of the peaks, this wide-format painting leans into a striking visual rhythm. The perilous balance between light and dark emerges on an epic scale, contrasting icy, sunlit peaks of neon teal with the deep, mysterious shadows of midnight blue.

Set against a high-intensity, unapologetically vibrant sky, this piece brings the expansive, soul-stirring energy of the world's highest mountains directly to your walls.

Artwork Details:

  • Medium: Professional Golden & Liquitex heavy-body acrylics

  • Surface: Canvas

  • Size: 36 × 18 × 1.5 inches

  • Protection: Golden Isolation Coat + UV-protective Liquitex satin varnish

  • Signatures & Authentication: Hand-signed by the artist on back and front of the piece; includes an official Certificate of Authenticity.

Chasing Winter Collection

This year, the snow didn’t show up, so I went into the studio and made my own. This collection is a heartfelt attempt to conjure the snow I couldn’t find on the peaks. From electric blues to neon whites, these pieces are how I filled the cup that the mountains left empty. It’s my way of finding the healing quiet of the powder even when the ground stayed bare. It’s raw, it’s honest, and it’s the only way I knew how to survive a winter that wasn’t. I hope you can feel the soul of the winter I so damn wished for in every stroke. Take a look at other pieces in this Chasing Winter Collection here.

All original paintings are final sale. If you have questions about the artwork, reach out to me.

A panoramic continuation of my time walking in the shadows of Nepal, "Nepali Giants" celebrates the vast, unfolding skyline of a mountain range steeped in sacredness.

Designed to carry your eyes across the full weight of the peaks, this wide-format painting leans into a striking visual rhythm. The perilous balance between light and dark emerges on an epic scale, contrasting icy, sunlit peaks of neon teal with the deep, mysterious shadows of midnight blue.

Set against a high-intensity, unapologetically vibrant sky, this piece brings the expansive, soul-stirring energy of the world's highest mountains directly to your walls.

Artwork Details:

  • Medium: Professional Golden & Liquitex heavy-body acrylics

  • Surface: Canvas

  • Size: 36 × 18 × 1.5 inches

  • Protection: Golden Isolation Coat + UV-protective Liquitex satin varnish

  • Signatures & Authentication: Hand-signed by the artist on back and front of the piece; includes an official Certificate of Authenticity.

Chasing Winter Collection

This year, the snow didn’t show up, so I went into the studio and made my own. This collection is a heartfelt attempt to conjure the snow I couldn’t find on the peaks. From electric blues to neon whites, these pieces are how I filled the cup that the mountains left empty. It’s my way of finding the healing quiet of the powder even when the ground stayed bare. It’s raw, it’s honest, and it’s the only way I knew how to survive a winter that wasn’t. I hope you can feel the soul of the winter I so damn wished for in every stroke. Take a look at other pieces in this Chasing Winter Collection here.

All original paintings are final sale. If you have questions about the artwork, reach out to me.

How This Piece Will Feel in Your Space

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How This Piece Will Feel in Your Space *

Imagine walking into your room and being instantly drawn into the vast, sweeping scale of the world’s highest peaks.

Nepali Giants brings a bold, architectural grandeur directly onto your wall. The high-intensity, fiery crimson sky floods your space with electrifying energy, while the striking rhythm of deep midnight-blue shadows and icy neon-teal snowfields commands total attention. Its wide, panoramic horizon creates an expansive window to the Himalayas, instantly elevating your living space with an atmosphere of modern drama, vibrant warmth, and monumental scale.

Living with Nepali Giants connects you to a profound sense of sacred awe, perspective, and inner strength.

Pausing in front of this canvas brings an immediate, grounding shift—taking you straight to those soul-stirring moments of standing in the shadows of giants where human worries feel small and the spirit feels boundless. The intense play of light and dark serves as an empowering daily reminder of resilience and majesty. It inspires you to lift your gaze, embrace life’s grandest horizons, and carry the timeless, quiet power of the Himalayas with you every day.

Behind the Craftsmanship

Every original painting is a labor of love, built from the ground up using only professional, museum-quality materials. All pieces are crafted to endure for generations in your home.

  • The Foundation & Palette: I paint on premium, archival wood panels or heavy-duty canvas, using highly pigmented Golden and Liquitex professional acrylics. These paints are chosen for their incredible lightfastness and rich, heavy-body textures, allowing the vibrant, unexpected colors and abstract images to pop off the surface.

  • The Preservation Layer: Once the painting is complete, I apply a crucial archival step: a Golden Isolation Coat. This permanent, glossy, transparent layer seals the acrylic paint permanently, acting as a physical shield that protects the actual brushwork from the environment.

  • The Final Touch: To finish each piece, I apply a premium Liquitex Satin Varnish. This provides a beautiful, soft sheen that enhances the depth of the colorful landscape without distracting glare. It also offers vital UV protection and allows the surface to be safely cleaned in the future if needed.

  • Provenance & Authentication: Each original piece is hand-signed on the back for official authentication as well as my painted signature on the front of the piece. Your painting will also arrive with a separate, official Certificate of Authenticity to accompany the piece for your records. 

By investing in these specialized, multi-step preservation techniques, I ensure that the dreamlike energy, texture, and crisp brush strokes of your favorite painting remain as vivid and flawless decades from now as they were the day they left my mountain studio.

Meet The Artist

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Meet The Artist *

Howdy! I’m Caley Van Cleave a Colorado-based artist, lifelong rambler, and a self-proclaimed color maximalist. Inspired by the vastness of the American West, I take sketches and memories from my outdoor adventures and dial up the intensity—bringing the hidden purples of a sunrise snowbank and the electric joy of the wild straight to the canvas.

From my home base at 9,000 feet in Silverthorne, CO, or out on the road in my Airstream, I paint to capture the emotional impact of rugged mountain sunshine and red clay canyons. If it’s bright, bold, and celebrates our stunning natural world, I’m enamored by it.

You won’t find any beige here. I bring the ridiculous, joyful color combinations of our wild spaces directly to the canvas so you can celebrate a world of beautiful, vibrant adventure right in your own space.

Where To Buy In Real Life

2026 Breckenridge Fine Arts Festival

July 2, 3, and 4th - Breckenridge, Colorado

August 6, 7, and 8th - Breckenridge, Colorado

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September 5th and 6th - Pearl Street Mall - Boulder, Colorado (Labor Day Weekend)

2026 Fall Arts Invitational at Cheesman Park

October 3rd and 4th - Cheesman Park - Denver, Colorado

Come say howdy in person! I’d love to meet you and share these delightful contemporary landscape paintings with you in real life (IRL for the win!).

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