Description
Brooklyn Bridge at Sunset – New York in the golden hour
Brooklyn Bridge at Sunset is a city painting of New York seen from the Brooklyn shore: on the left the Brooklyn Bridge spans the East River with its stone tower and lights along the cables, on the right the skyscrapers of Lower Manhattan rise under a pink and orange sky with the tall spire of One World Trade Center, and in the foreground lie dark shore rocks and the branches of a tree. The painting is hand-painted on canvas and comes in 16 landscape sizes from 60 x 40 to 260 x 170 cm.
What does the painting show?
The scene catches the last minutes of the day, when the lights are already coming on in the skyscraper windows while the sky still burns pink, orange and blue. In the rippling river the city lights break into long gold and yellow bands that run towards the viewer, which gives the painting depth and warmth despite its urban subject. For lovers of New York it is a memory of a trip; for everyone else a calm evening view with a picturesque bridge.
How is the painting made?
The painting is built up in layers. The second photograph shows it in progress: the sky, the skyscrapers and the reflections in the river are already painted, but the Brooklyn Bridge is not yet there, because the painter adds it only over the finished background so that the cables and lights stay crisp. The first photograph shows the finished painting on an easel, with the bridge, the tree and the rocks in the foreground; you can see the brushstrokes in the sky and the short, horizontal strokes of paint in the water. Each painting is painted to order, so single strokes vary slightly, while the motif and the colours stay the same. Before dispatch you receive a photo of your own painting for approval.
Where does a New York painting fit?
Above a sofa about 200 cm wide choose 130 x 85 or 140 x 93 cm, above a double bed 120 x 80 cm, in an office, meeting room or teenager’s room 90 x 60 or 100 x 65 cm, and in a hallway 70 x 46 cm. Blue, orange and gold go well with grey and white walls, dark wood, leather and metal accents in an industrial or contemporary style.
- Technique: hand-painted on canvas, built up in layers
- Palette: blue, pink, orange, gold, dark grey
- Format: landscape, 16 sizes
- Ideal for: living rooms, offices, meeting rooms, teenagers’ rooms
Sizes, stretcher, frame and delivery
Choose YES in the Stretcher menu and the painting arrives stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang; with NO it arrives rolled in a tube. The Frame menu for this painting starts at Without frame, and a frame can be made on request in our workshop in Slovenia. The painting is painted to order and delivery takes 15–45 days.
What buyers ask
Which size goes above a sofa?
Above a sofa about 200 cm wide choose 130 x 85 or 140 x 93 cm, so the painting covers roughly two thirds of the sofa’s width.
Will my painting look like the one in the photographs?
The motif and the colours will be the same; single strokes differ a little, because every painting is painted by hand. You get a photo for approval before dispatch.
Is a frame included in the price?
No, the price is for the painting without a frame, with or without a stretcher; a frame can be arranged on request.
Is this a print?
No, every stroke is painted by hand on canvas, as the photograph of the painting in progress also shows.
