Description
Steel and Turquoise – a rusted cross on a cold ground
Painting on canvas rivets a rusted vertical column to two horizontal arcs into a shape that recalls a cross — wall art that keeps the memory of a decayed facade without ever depicting one.
Technique and texture
The colour planes are laid in soft blurred transitions, so the surface stays smooth and without relief. The exception is a few white patches around the centre, set down with the blade and standing above the ground. The black lines are drawn dry and scratched in places, so they disappear and reappear along their length.
The motif
The cross is not symmetrical — the vertical is thicker and brown, the horizontal arcs thinner and darker. In the lower half rectangular ochre and turquoise blocks appear and behave like windows. The ground is divided into pale turquoise, cream and ochre planes that meet without hard borders, and thin charcoal lines are drawn right across the surface.
Setting and placement
Rust and turquoise are opposite tones and balance each other here, which is why this one lives easily with metal, concrete and dark timber. In an industrially furnished room it looks at home rather than imported.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, blurred relief-free planes, blade-set white patches, dry scratched charcoal lines
- Palette: rust brown, turquoise, cream, ochre, black
- Ideal for: living rooms, industrial interiors, studies
- Character: weathered, balanced, structural
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Steel and Turquoise: size and delivery
A rusted cross on a turquoise and cream ground sits well with metal, concrete and dark timber, so Steel and Turquoise also suits an industrially furnished room. It is painted in 14 portrait sizes, from 40 x 60 to 180 x 255 cm. A narrow wall takes 50 x 70 cm, a 105 cm console 70 x 100 cm, the wall beside a sideboard or a metal shelf 90 x 125 cm, and a stairwell 120 x 170 or 140 x 200 cm, roughly two thirds of the width available. Choose YES under Stretcher and the rust and turquoise canvas arrives stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang, and a frame for Steel and Turquoise is optional, since the Frame menu starts at Without frame. Steel and Turquoise is delivered in 15–45 days.
The soft blurred transitions, the white blade-set patches and the dry, scratched charcoal lines are hand-painted on canvas, which is why this Steel and Turquoise painting is not a print.
Questions before buying Steel and Turquoise
Which size of Steel and Turquoise suits a sideboard?
Beside a sideboard about 150 cm long choose 90 x 125 or 100 x 140 cm, so the rusted cross does not overpower the furniture.
Does Steel and Turquoise come ready to hang?
Yes – choose YES under Stretcher and the canvas with the rusted cross is stretched on a wooden stretcher.
How long does Steel and Turquoise take to arrive?
Steel and Turquoise is delivered in 15–45 days in every size from 40 x 60 to 180 x 255 cm.
Can I have Steel and Turquoise in a size outside the list?
If none of the 14 sizes suits your wall, ask us about a painting made to order with the rusted cross in your measurements.
