Description
Golden Tenderness – gold patches on grey runs
Painting on canvas freckles gold patches across a grey ground down which the colour runs in thin streams — modern painting whose metal answers a directed light rather than a general one.
Technique and texture
The gold is carried in leaf and dense lumps that lift above the surface and break the light differently at every angle. The ground is thinned and left to run, so the streams are real rather than painted. The white column is set down with the blade in broad planes with open gaps left between them.
The motif
The gold is distributed in two clusters, left and right of the column, joined only by a few single patches. Red and orange points are small but immediately visible in the grey. The lower third settles into an almost monochrome grey that gives the whole a resting place, and brown and pale blue mix into the grey along both edges.
Setting and placement
Metallic sheen answers a spot or a track, and under directed light this canvas gains what flat daylight will not give it. In a grey or white room the gold is the only warm accent needed.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, gold leaf and lumps, thinned ground left to run, blade-set white column with open gaps
- Palette: gold, grey, white, red, orange
- Ideal for: living rooms, entrance halls, dining rooms
- Character: metallic, fluid, luminous
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Golden Tenderness for hallways, dining rooms and living rooms
Golden Tenderness is painted on an upright canvas in 14 sizes, from 40 x 60 to 180 x 275 cm. A narrow wall in an entrance hall takes 50 x 75 or 60 x 90 cm. Over a 150 cm sideboard in a dining room choose 100 x 150 cm, which spans two thirds of its width, and beside a staircase or on a tall living-room wall the gold patches on grey runs work at 120 x 185 cm.
The gold leaf answers directed light, so hang Golden Tenderness under a spotlight or a wall lamp. Choose YES under Stretcher and Golden Tenderness arrives stretched on a wooden stretcher; a frame for Golden Tenderness is optional, and the Frame menu starts at “Without frame”. Delivery takes 15–45 days. The gold lumps and the white column are hand-painted with a knife, so this painting is not a print.
Questions about Golden Tenderness
Which size of Golden Tenderness suits a sideboard?
Over a 150 cm sideboard, 100 x 150 cm works well, and over a narrower 120 cm one 80 x 120 cm.
Does Golden Tenderness arrive ready to hang?
Yes, with YES under Stretcher the grey ground and gold patches come stretched on a wooden stretcher.
Is a frame included with Golden Tenderness?
No, the Frame menu for Golden Tenderness starts at “Without frame”, and any frame is your choice.
Can I order Golden Tenderness in a size that is not among the 14?
Yes, we paint the gold patches on grey runs as a painting made to order.
