Description
Traces I – A Dark Forest of Vertical Strokes
The darker sibling of Traces II: a field of vertical streaks where the left third is filled by a soft, muted salmon-pink field, and the right two thirds by a very dark, almost black-green world densely sown with vertical strokes. The contrast between the tender and the sombre gives the painting its tension.
Technique & Texture
The ridged surface reveals palette-knife work: vertical strokes in whites, pale blues, deep reds, golden ochres, and browns line up like tree trunks at dusk. It is a hand-painted artistic painting, in which every streak has its own thickness and its own character.
The Motif
In the salmon field stands a pale blue vertical, beside it a pair of brown-gold runs, and at the lower left thin black verticals and tiny yellow patches. In the dark part, the brightest cluster of whites sits right of centre, while at the far right a strong red pillar stands out; short dark horizontal dashes cut across the streaks like window bars.
Styling & Placement
Sophisticated wall art for spaces that gain depth from a darker palette – studies, libraries, living rooms with dark wood or leather.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, palette knife, ridged streaks
- Palette: salmon pink, dark green, white, deep red, golden ochre
- Ideal for: studies, libraries, living rooms
- Character: sombre, elegant, rhythmic
Traces I in a study, library or living room
Traces I is a square painting in 14 sizes, from 40 x 40 to 180 x 180 cm. Over a 200 cm leather sofa, the dark green field of vertical streaks sits in proportion at 130 x 130 cm, above a 160 cm bed at 110 x 110 cm, and over a 150 cm dark-wood sideboard at 100 x 100 cm. A hallway takes 50 x 50 or 60 x 60 cm, each Traces I size being about two thirds of the furniture’s width.
The salmon-pink field and the ridged knife strokes are hand-painted on canvas, so every streak has its own thickness; Traces I is not a print. With YES under Stretcher, Traces I arrives stretched on a wooden stretcher bar. No frame comes with the dark forest of vertical strokes, but you can pick one in the Frame menu, where Without frame is the default. We deliver Traces I in 15–45 days. In the photograph the canvas of dark vertical strokes stands unframed on an easel in the frame shop.
Before you buy Traces I
Which size of Traces I works above a desk?
Above a 120 cm desk choose 80 x 80 cm; if the desk is 150 cm long, 100 x 100 cm belongs over it.
Is Traces I printed?
No. The vertical streaks in white, pale blue and deep red are laid on with a palette knife and form ridges you can feel on the canvas.
Is a frame included with Traces I?
No, for Traces I the Frame menu defaults to Without frame; add a frame to the dark green painting only if you want one.
How long does Traces I take to arrive?
Traces I is delivered in 15–45 days in any of its 14 square sizes.
