Description
Turquoise Mesh – blue and green blocks
Painting on canvas latches blue, turquoise and green blocks into a loose mesh that thickens toward the lower edge — modern painting whose grid is deliberately out of true everywhere you look for a right angle.
Technique and texture
The blocks are set down with the blade and cut off in places, so sharp edges and visible steps of colour remain. Beneath the upper layers a darker ground opens here and there, which gives the mesh its depth. The cream is the thickest paint on the canvas and stands above the cold tones like a patch of light.
The motif
The mesh is not regular — horizontal and vertical borders break and nowhere form a right angle. Green appears in narrow bands between the blue planes and separates them. Because the blocks thicken toward the foot the canvas feels heavier below and lighter at the top. Two cream-yellow bands are let into the cold tones, one above the middle on the left and one below it on the right, and the lower third darkens to a near-black blue with lighter verticals rising out of it.
Setting and placement
A cool blue-green base settles a room while the cream bands stop the whole going cold, so in a bright room it keeps its warmth. The upright format takes the narrow section of wall beside a window or a tall cupboard.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, blade-set cut blocks, darker ground opening through, thickest cream standing as light
- Palette: blue, turquoise, green, cream-yellow, near-black blue
- Ideal for: living rooms, studies, bedrooms
- Character: gridded, cool, weighted
Choose the size that suits your wall.
