Description
Abstract Notation – a hand that cannot be read
Decorative painting scripts black calligraphic strokes, thin loops and scattered ink across a grey-white ground and lays two warm gold-amber bands through the middle — wall art in the shape of writing that cannot be read.
Technique and texture
The ground is laid in thin coats of white and pale grey, rubbed back to the canvas in places. The black strokes are pulled with a fine tip in one movement each, with no correction, which is why their thickness is uneven. The dots are flicked on and fall in clusters; the gold bands are laid flat with a dry stroke that lets the ground show through.
The motif
Two broad black shapes hang in the upper left corner like a fan or a leaf. Thin vertical lines descend from there through the full height and coil into a loop here and there. The middle carries a gold-amber band with a rectangle drawn on it and a shorter second band below. Two thick black hooks stand in the lower right corner and close the composition.
Setting and placement
Graphic and restrained, this belongs where the walls are plain and the furniture is few — a living room, a working corner, a hallway. The gold picks up brass, and the black answers dark timber and steel.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, thin rubbed-back white ground, single-movement fine tip strokes, flicked ink clusters, dry-laid gold bands
- Palette: white, grey, black, gold-amber
- Ideal for: living rooms, working corners, hallways
- Character: graphic, restrained, calligraphic
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Abstract Notation: sizes for narrow walls and work corners
Abstract Notation is painted in 15 upright sizes, from 30 x 40 to 180 x 220 cm. The black calligraphic strokes and gold-amber bands on their grey-white ground belong on calm walls: 50 x 65 cm beside a bookshelf, 60 x 75 cm in a hallway, and 80 x 100 cm above a 120 cm desk, covering about two thirds of its width. Over a 150 cm sideboard choose 100 x 125 cm.
When you pick YES under Stretcher, the canvas of ink and gold arrives on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. A frame for Abstract Notation is optional, and the Frame menu starts at “Without frame”. Delivery takes 15–45 days. The first photograph shows the painting on a wooden easel in the studio, and the second photograph shows it in a light frame above a wooden chair. Each black stroke is hand-painted in one movement, so Abstract Notation is not a print.
Questions about Abstract Notation
Which size of Abstract Notation fits above a desk?
Over a 120 cm desk the calligraphic strokes and gold band work well at 80 x 100 cm.
Is a frame included with Abstract Notation?
No, Abstract Notation arrives unframed unless you choose something other than “Without frame” in the Frame menu.
Can I order Abstract Notation in a size outside the 15 offered?
Yes, we paint the black calligraphic strokes and gold bands as a painting made to order in your measurements.
Is Abstract Notation a print?
No, the black strokes, flicked dots and dry gold layer are applied to the canvas by hand.
