Description
Bench – a red crown over a blue bench
Wall art shelters an empty blue bench under the wide red crown of a solitary tree and leaves everything else in grey — abstract painting almost, were it not for the two objects the eye refuses to let go of.
Technique and texture
The ground is painted in soft dispersed greys with no hard edges, as though seen through mist. Trunk and branches are pulled with a thin stroke of dark brown and black. The crown is the opposite of all of it: a dense shaggy load of red and orange-red opening upward into an almost horizontal plane. The bench is painted flat, in clean blue with black legs.
The motif
The tree sits a little right of centre on a short thick trunk whose branches open sideways rather than up. The crown covers almost the whole upper half. The blue bench stands left of the trunk, turned toward the viewer and empty. Some ten red patches of fallen leaf lie scattered over the grey ground, and a low line of trees is barely suggested behind.
Setting and placement
Everything but the crown and the bench is grey, so the picture survives a busy room that a fuller one would lose to. The grey ground agrees with any wall colour, and the red crown gives the room a single clear focus.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, dispersed misted greys, thin pulled branches, shaggy dense crown, flatly painted bench
- Palette: grey, red, orange-red, blue, black
- Ideal for: living rooms, bedrooms, above a sofa or long chest
- Character: still, misted, focused
Choose the size that suits your wall.
The video on this page (0:35) first shows the crown of the tree taking shape: thick red paint is laid between the branches while the left part of the canvas is still white. Then comes the finished hand-painted painting Bench in a silver frame on an easel and the corner of the frame, and finally close-ups of the raised red crown and the black branches.
Bench under the red crown: sizes
The modern painting Bench is made in 17 panoramic sizes, from 80 x 40 to 340 x 170 cm. Let the red crown spread across roughly two thirds of the furniture: above a 200 cm sofa choose 130 x 65 or 140 x 70 cm, above a 180 cm bed 120 x 60 cm, and above a 220 cm dining table 150 x 75 cm. On a long hallway wall the blue bench at 160 x 80 cm reads like a view through a window.
The first photograph shows Bench from the front on a studio easel in an optional pale silver frame, and the second photograph views it from the side so the raised paint of the red crown shows. That frame is not included, and the Frame menu starts at Without frame. With YES under Stretcher the grey landscape with the blue bench arrives on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. Crown and bench are hand-painted, nothing is printed. Delivery: 15–45 days.
Common questions about Bench
Which size of Bench is right above a sofa?
Above a 200 cm sofa the red crown and blue bench sit well at 130 x 65 cm, and above a longer sofa at 140 x 70 cm.
How long do I wait for Bench?
The grey landscape with the red crown arrives in 15–45 days, in any size.
Is Bench a print on canvas?
No, the red leaves, the crown and the blue bench of Bench are hand-painted on canvas, with the paint relief visible.
Can I order Bench in a size that is not among the 17 listed?
Yes, the red tree with the blue bench can be painted to your size – write to us via the paintings made to order page.
