Description
In Space III – a warm block in a cold wall
Wall art embeds one saturated red rectangle in a cold grey-white surface that breaks like plaster, and keeps it smooth and closed while everything around it is worked — painting on canvas in which the flat block reads as an inserted object because it is the only place with no texture at all. Two small white squares sit inside it.
Technique and texture
The white is knife-laid in thick, sharply cut layers that throw their own shadow and carry most of the surface interest. The red block has no worked surface at all, which is what makes it look set into the wall. From the lower part, dark rivulets have been allowed to run.
The motif
The red rectangle is not the only warm element: to its left lies an ochre plane with a loosened, scaly surface. The two white squares inside the red are small and exactly placed, each with a dark core, and they behave like windows. The whole reads as a cut from a facade, architectural but stripped to essentials.
Setting and placement
A palette this held-back joins up with grey, concrete and pale timber. It reads best against grey plaster or exposed concrete, where the red block looks inserted.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, thick knife layers, running rivulets, smooth inset field
- Palette: silver-grey, white, saturated red, ochre, dark brown
- Ideal for: living rooms, offices, hallways
- Character: industrial, material, cool
Choose the size that suits your wall.
In Space III – size, stretcher, frame
In Space III is offered in 13 portrait sizes, from 50 x 60 to 180 x 215 cm. Beside a chest of drawers or next to a door, 60 x 70 cm is enough; above a console or a desk about 100 cm wide, the painting should take two thirds of that width, so 70 x 90 cm. In a hallway the red rectangle with its two white squares reads well at 80 x 95 cm, and on a tall stairwell wall at 100 x 120 or 110 x 130 cm. With YES under Stretcher, the canvas with its thick relief layers arrives stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. A frame for In Space III is optional, and the Frame menu starts at Without frame. Delivery takes 15–45 days.
The thick knife-laid whites cast their own shadow because In Space III is hand-painted on canvas, so this is not a print.
In Space III: answers before you buy
Which size of In Space III suits a desk?
Above a desk about 100 cm wide, choose 70 x 90 cm so the red block and its grey-white surround take two thirds of the width.
Does In Space III arrive ready to hang?
Yes, the relief canvas of In Space III goes onto a wooden stretcher before dispatch once you pick YES under Stretcher.
Is In Space III a print?
No, the knife-laid relief layers and the dark rivulets in the lower part are hand-painted on canvas.
Can I order In Space III in a size not among the 13 listed?
For a different size, ask us about a painting made to order, including sizes outside 50 x 60 to 180 x 215 cm.
