Description
Depth and Light – turquoise over a cream band
Painting on canvas underlays a deep turquoise field with a wide cream band across the lower third and separates the two with a hard dark line: abstract painting divided firmly and on purpose off centre.
Technique and texture
The turquoise carries several see-through coats, parted here and there onto something paler underneath. The black and white slices are set down in one sweep and nowhere corrected, so their edges are as sharp as broken pieces. The cream band is the thickest part of the canvas and keeps the marks of the blade along its whole length.
The motif
The division into two bands is decisive and asymmetrical, the dark zone taking two thirds. The cluster of slices is the only place with movement and lies high on the left, so the eye travels diagonally downward. The lower band behaves like a shore beneath deep water, broken only by a few dark traces.
Setting and placement
One colour governs everything, which is why the picture is better left to hold a wall by itself. Against a white or sandy ground its depth reads strongest.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, translucent layered turquoise, single-sweep black-and-white slices, thickest cream band with blade marks
- Palette: deep turquoise, cream, black, white
- Ideal for: living rooms, offices, entrance halls
- Character: deep, divided, decisive
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Sizes, stretcher and delivery for Depth and Light
Depth and Light, a deep turquoise field above a cream band, is painted in 14 upright sizes, from 40 x 60 to 180 x 255 cm. For a narrow wall between doors take 50 x 70 cm, beside a bookcase in a study 70 x 100 cm, above a 120 cm console 80 x 120 cm, and by a staircase or in an entrance hall 100 x 140 or 120 x 170 cm. On a white or sandy wall the turquoise holds its ground with no other canvas beside it.
If you want the turquoise canvas ready to hang, choose YES in the Stretcher menu and Depth and Light arrives stretched on a wooden stretcher. A frame is optional, and for the cream band the Frame menu starts at Without frame. Delivery takes 15–45 days. The painting is hand-painted in see-through layers and single-sweep black and white knife slices, so Depth and Light is not a print.
Questions about the turquoise Depth and Light
Which size of Depth and Light goes above a console?
Above a 120 cm console 80 x 120 cm fits, covering two thirds of its width.
Does Depth and Light arrive ready to hang?
Yes, with YES chosen in the Stretcher menu the turquoise field with its cream band comes stretched on a wooden stretcher.
Is Depth and Light printed on canvas?
No, the turquoise layers, the knife slices and the thick cream band are hand-painted on the canvas.
Can I get Depth and Light in another size?
We also paint the turquoise field with its cream band as a painting made to order in the measurements you need.
