Description
Golden Fissure – a limestone wall with a gold vein
A cream limestone wall, threaded with vertical trickles and hairline cracks, split at the right into a dark fissure zone where gold breaks through – geology with a treasure vein: the white cream plaster carries fine vertical rain-traces, and thin wiry cracks wander across the lower left and upper left.
Technique & Texture
A dark vertical fissure zone separates the right slab from the top edge downward, and the gold glows in two places: in a patch at the mid-right and in the main broad vein at the lower mid-right, above a black mass in the lower right corner. This is a hand-painted painting on canvas – a grey shadow gathers beneath the gold that stands out from the surface.
The Motif
White impasto clouds gather in the upper right corner, where the wall is brightest. A limestone layer that time has split and laid gold into the crack – a treasure vein hidden in the wall.
Styling & Placement
An elegant modern painting for living rooms, offices and reception areas; the cream wall calms, the gold vein adds preciousness. Wall art for spaces with a natural, quiet character.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, limestone texture, gold vein
- Palette: cream white, grey trickles, dark fissure, leaf gold, black corner
- Ideal for: living rooms, offices, reception areas
- Character: elegant, natural, precious
Golden Crack: an upright canvas for narrow walls
Golden Crack is painted in 15 portrait sizes, from 40 x 55 to 200 x 279 cm. Let the upright canvas with its gold vein fill about two thirds of the wall or furniture width: 50 x 69 cm on a narrow 75 cm wall, 60 x 83 cm above a 90 cm console, 80 x 111 or 90 x 125 cm in a stairwell, and 120 x 167 cm in a tall entrance.
The first photograph shows Golden Crack on a dark panelled wall in an entrance beside two wooden block stools and a white vase, and the second photograph shows the canvas above a pale sofa with brown cushions. Choose YES in the Stretcher menu and the cream wall with its gold vein arrives stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. Golden Crack comes without a frame unless you pick one, since the Frame menu starts at Without frame. Delivery takes 15–45 days. The gold is hand-painted to stand proud of the cream surface, so Golden Crack is not a print.
Questions about Golden Crack
Which size of Golden Crack fits above a console?
Above a 90 cm console two thirds comes to 60 cm, so the gold vein suits 60 x 83 cm there.
Does Golden Crack arrive ready to hang?
Yes, with YES in the Stretcher menu the cream canvas with its gold vein comes stretched on a wooden stretcher.
Can I order Golden Crack in a size that is not listed?
Yes, we also paint the limestone wall with its gold vein as a painting made to order in your measurements.
