Description
Great Sweep – an arc and a diagonal caught mid-motion
Huge dark chocolate gestures on pale warm grey, caught mid-swing: a broad arc sweeps from the upper left across the top and curls down the right side, while the main diagonal bar cuts the canvas from the upper left to the lower right through the centre.
Technique & Texture
The inner edge of the arc is dry-brushed, and scratchy traces run in its bowl. This is a hand-painted canvas – at the lower left three strokes meet in a knot like an asterisk, and vertical bars drop to the bottom edge at the centre and the right.
The Motif
Thin whip-curves flick from the top edge, and the ground stays most open at the left middle and the middle right – the white spaces are as important as the strokes, full and empty in conversation. The sweep is still going: the painting is a photograph of movement.
Styling & Placement
An energetic modern painting for offices, living rooms and meeting rooms; large gestures need a few metres of air and a wall that lets them breathe – wall art with monumental momentum.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, dry-brushed gestures, scratchy traces
- Palette: dark chocolate, warm pale grey, white openings
- Ideal for: offices, living rooms, meeting rooms
- Character: energetic, gestural, monumental
Your wall can hold a great sweep – order it in your own size.
The Great Sweep: an upright canvas for tall walls
The Great Sweep is offered in 16 upright sizes, from 40 x 63 to 200 x 319 cm. A narrow wall beside a door takes 50 x 79 or 60 x 95 cm, and over a 120 cm console the dark chocolate gestures work at 80 x 127 cm, about two thirds of its width. For a stairwell wall choose 120 x 191 or 140 x 223 cm, and for a room with a very high ceiling even 200 x 319 cm.
In the photograph The Great Sweep hangs in a slim white frame on a pink wall beside a bar counter with stools and a tall potted plant. The frame is not part of The Great Sweep unless you choose one, since the Frame menu starts at “Without frame”. Select YES under Stretcher and the pale grey canvas with its chocolate strokes arrives stretched on wood, ready to hang. Delivery takes 15–45 days. This painting is hand-painted with a dry brush in broad gestures, so The Great Sweep is not a print.
Questions about The Great Sweep
Which size of The Great Sweep fits over a 120 cm console?
Two thirds of 120 cm is 80 cm, so take 80 x 127 cm; the arc and the diagonal then stay in proportion to the console.
Does The Great Sweep arrive ready to hang?
Yes, with YES under Stretcher the pale grey ground with its chocolate gestures comes stretched on a wooden stretcher.
Can I order The Great Sweep in a size that is not among the 16?
Yes, we paint the chocolate arc and diagonal as a painting made to order in your measurements.
Is The Great Sweep a print?
No, the dry-brushed edge of the arc and the scratchy traces are put on the canvas by hand.
