Description
Distance 2 – a blue-green arc over ochre
Painting on canvas arches a wide blue-green band up from the left and down again beneath an ochre stripe on the right: wall art in which the whole drawing is one long curve and the rest is weather around it.
Technique and texture
A broad brush laid the colour in straight passes that do not blend but cover one another. The edges of the planes are soft and smeared, and only a few places are drawn in with a thin dark line. The sphere is the one smooth, almost polished surface on the canvas.
The motif
The composition is built from horizontal bands, cut in two low down by a pale upright form. That form has two outstretched limbs and reads as a small figure among large fields. A small red-brown sphere with a white highlight sits still at the centre, and the colours repeat in pairs so a look moves from one side to the other and back.
Setting and placement
Muted tones broken with grey mean this one stays calm even on a coloured wall, which is not true of most pictures with a curve this size in them. The square crop works paired with another square, or alone above a table.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, straight non-blending brush passes, smeared plane edges, polished sphere
- Palette: blue-green, ochre, pale blue, olive, red-brown
- Ideal for: dining rooms, studies, living rooms
- Character: muted, curved, balanced
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Distance 2: a square canvas for dining rooms and studies
Distance 2 comes in 14 square sizes, from 40 x 40 to 180 x 180 cm. For a sofa of around 200 cm choose 130 x 130 cm, a size about two thirds as wide as the sofa, which keeps the blue-green arc clear of the armrests. Above a bed 160–180 cm wide we suggest 110 x 110 or 120 x 120 cm, and over a 150 cm dining-room sideboard, 100 x 100 cm. In a hallway or study, 60 x 60 or 70 x 70 cm is enough.
Choose YES under Stretcher and the canvas with the red-brown sphere arrives stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. Distance 2 comes without a frame unless you add one in the Frame menu, which starts at “Without frame”. Delivery of Distance 2 takes 15–45 days. Distance 2 is hand-painted with a broad brush in straight passes laid one over another, so this painting is not a print.
Common questions about Distance 2
Which size of Distance 2 fits over a dining-room sideboard?
For a sideboard around 150 cm long choose 100 x 100 cm, so the ochre stripe and blue-green arc stay in proportion with the furniture.
Is a frame included with Distance 2?
No, Distance 2 arrives unframed, and a frame can be added if you wish in the Frame menu, which starts at “Without frame”.
Can I order Distance 2 in a size that is not among the 14?
Yes, we paint the blue-green arc over its pale blue plane as a painting made to order to your measurements.
Is Distance 2 a print?
No, the straight broad-brush passes and the smooth, polished sphere of Distance 2 are applied to the canvas by hand.
