Description
Sunset over Water – an impression with a palette knife
An impressionist seascape with a palette knife at sunset: a pink sky, a red-orange flare at the horizon and a wide water field, split turquoise on the left and blue-green on the right, with a dark reflection of the sun falling down the centre: the sky above carries pale pink and cream knife strokes with a grey-lilac cloud bank on the right.
Technique & Texture
At the horizon the red-orange flare opens most strongly at the centre above a dark navy waterline, with a warm gold-pink spot where the sun sits. This is a hand-painted painting on canvas – the knife layers are thick and malleable.
The Motif
The water field below is turquoise-teal on the left half, worked in large knife sweeps, deep blue masses lie right of centre, and on the right lies a lime-green mass with yellow accents; a dark navy vertical reflection falls from the sun through the whole lower half. Turquoise water and a fiery horizon – a sunset caught in malleable colour.
Styling & Placement
A soothing abstract painting for living rooms, bedrooms and bathrooms; the turquoise water refreshes, the warm horizon warms. Wall art for rooms that love the sea.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, knife strokes, water reflection
- Palette: turquoise, deep blue, lime green, red-orange, pink-cream, navy reflection
- Ideal for: living rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms
- Character: impressionist, maritime, sunny
Sunset over Water: choosing the size
The turquoise water and red-orange horizon are painted in 14 upright sizes, from 40 x 55 to 180 x 251 cm. As an upright painting should span about two thirds of the width of the furniture beside it, pick 50 x 69 cm for a narrow bathroom wall, 70 x 97 cm over a console, 80 x 111 cm next to a bookcase, and 120 x 167 cm beside a staircase.
In the photograph the painting hangs in an optional dark frame on a wood-panelled wall next to a bookcase, with a grey armchair below. The knife strokes of the pink sky and the dark navy reflection are hand-painted on canvas, not printed. Choose YES under Stretcher and the seascape arrives stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. The dark frame is not part of the order unless you select it in the Frame menu, which starts at Without frame. Sunset over Water arrives in 15–45 days.
Questions about Sunset over Water
Which size of the sunset suits a spot next to a bookcase?
Beside a bookcase about 120 cm wide choose 80 x 111 cm, beside a narrower one 60 x 83 cm.
Is the turquoise water printed?
No, the turquoise and deep blue masses are laid on with a palette knife, thickly and with visible sweeps.
When will Sunset over Water arrive?
The seascape with its pink sky arrives in 15–45 days.
Can I get the sunset in a size that is not listed?
Yes, send us your measurements on the paintings made to order page and we paint the turquoise water for your wall.
