Description
Message – jets of colour across a silver field
Wall art hurls carmine and cobalt across a silver-white ground and lets the jets land with their tails still showing, so the direction of the throw is legible in the paint — abstract painting whose subject is the gesture that made it. Islands of gold-ochre texture lie between the jets like fragments of a dug-up surface.
Technique and texture
The colour is thrown and dripped rather than brushed, and the trailing ends of each jet record the arc of the arm. The ground underneath is dragged with a wide knife in long horizontal passes of grey and white. The ochre patches are built up thick and granular, standing noticeably proud of everything around them.
The motif
There is no centre in the usual sense: a coiled concentric pattern at the right edge pulls the weight of the composition sideways. The red and blue jets run mostly on the diagonal from upper right toward the middle, which leads the eye against the direction of reading. Fine droplets are scattered over the whole surface and tie the separate zones together.
Setting and placement
This is a piece that wants to be the reason you look at the wall, so give it the wall and no neighbours. Concrete, steel and raw plaster are its natural company.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, thrown and dripped colour, knife-dragged ground
- Palette: silver-white, grey, carmine, cobalt blue, gold-ochre
- Ideal for: living rooms, foyers, offices
- Character: dynamic, expressive, bold
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Message – choosing a size and hanging
Carmine and cobalt jets across a silver-white field want a wall of their own, which is why the Message painting comes in 14 square sizes, from 40 x 40 to 180 x 180 cm. Over a 200 cm sofa 130 x 130 cm works, over a 160 cm bed 110 x 110 cm, over a 150 cm sideboard 100 x 100 cm, and in an entrance hall 80 x 80 cm. These follow the two-thirds-of-the-furniture rule, while on an empty wall with nothing below, Message can take 150 x 150 cm.
The jets are thrown and dripped by hand and the ochre islands built from thick granular paint, so Message is hand-painted, not printed. Choose YES under Stretcher and the silver-white canvas arrives stretched on a wooden stretcher, to hang with no preparation. A frame joins Message only if you pick one in the Frame menu, otherwise it stays at Without frame. Delivery of Message is 15–45 days.
Frequent questions about Message
Which size of Message suits a wall with no furniture?
On an empty wall where Message is the only accent we suggest 150 x 150 or 160 x 160 cm, so the carmine and cobalt jets have room to travel.
Is Message printed or hand-painted?
Message is hand-painted. The thrown jets, droplets and granular ochre islands can be felt under your fingers because they are real paint.
When will Message arrive after ordering?
For all 14 sizes of Message, from 40 x 40 to 180 x 180 cm, delivery takes 15–45 days.
