Description
Green Belt – an olive stripe between blue planes
Abstract painting inlays an olive-green stripe horizontally through the middle of pale blue-grey planes — painting on canvas whose whole structure is one band and the planes it holds apart.
Technique and texture
Broad short blade passes carry the colour and leave stepped edges. The surface is smoothed flat in places and left open and grainy in others. Between the planes a darker ground shows here and there as a thin line.
The motif
The olive stripe divides the canvas into a lighter upper part and a darker lower one, but dissolves toward the right. The blue planes are arranged in a loose mesh with no true angles anywhere. A warm sandy plane in the lower right corner is the only decidedly brown colour on the canvas and keeps the composition from tipping. Light collects along the top until the colour nearly gives out.
Setting and placement
Pale blue-greys and olive agree with natural materials, so this one stands quietly beside timber, linen and stone. In a bright room it reads almost as an extension of the wall.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, broad stepped blade passes, alternately smoothed and grainy surface, darker ground showing as a line
- Palette: pale blue-grey, olive green, sand, white
- Ideal for: living rooms, bedrooms, studies
- Character: quiet, banded, natural
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Choosing a size for Green Belt
The olive-green stripe between pale blue-grey planes is painted in 14 portrait sizes, from 40 x 50 to 180 x 230 cm. A hallway wall needs only 50 x 70 or 60 x 80 cm, a 110 cm console takes 75 x 100 cm, the space beside a sofa or a tall cabinet 90 x 120 cm, and a wall by the stairs 120 x 155 or 140 x 180 cm, the measure always being about two thirds of the width of the furniture or the wall. Choosing YES under Stretcher means Green Belt arrives stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. No frame comes with Green Belt – the Frame menu starts at Without frame, so you pick one only if you want it. Allow 15–45 days for Green Belt to be delivered.
The broad stepped blade passes and the warm sandy plane at the lower right are hand-painted on canvas, and this Green Belt painting is not a print.
Green Belt: common questions
Which size of Green Belt suits the wall beside a sofa?
Beside a sofa, or on the wall between a sofa and a window, choose Green Belt in 75 x 100 or 90 x 120 cm, depending on the width of bare wall.
Does Green Belt arrive ready to hang?
Yes – YES under Stretcher gets the blue-grey canvas with its olive stripe stretched on a wooden stretcher.
Is Green Belt a print?
No. The stepped edges of the strokes and the surface left open and grainy in places are marks of the blade that no print can repeat.
Could Green Belt be painted in another size?
If Green Belt suits your wall in none of its 14 sizes from 40 x 50 to 180 x 230 cm, ask us about a painting made to order.
