Description
Thought II – two flowers made of metal
Wall art forges two flowers out of burnished copper-silver deposits and sets them on a ground that changes as it crosses — dark red and furrowed at the left, black in the middle, warm copper and relieved at the right: painting on canvas in which the blooms are worked like jewellery rather than observed from a plant. Their pointed leaves and stems reach the bottom edge.
Technique and texture
The petals are built from dense deposits and then burnished, which gives them their metallic, oxidised look. The left ground is combed into vertical furrows running the full height. The right band is the opposite: cracked and lumpy, with a thick irregular surface.
The motif
The two heads are offset — the upper larger and turned aside, the lower smaller and open square to the viewer. A closed bud on a short stem sits between them. Two thin drawn circles, one at the upper right and one low at the centre, are the only geometric elements and they balance the piece discreetly.
Setting and placement
This palette works in a contemporary room and in a traditional one, which is unusual. Choose a wall where the wall should be handsome rather than heard.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, burnished metal flowers, combed and cracked ground
- Palette: deep red, black, copper, silver
- Ideal for: living rooms, bedrooms, dining rooms
- Character: elegant, restrained, classic
Choose the size that suits your wall.
