Description
Faces in the Mirror I – three profiles in one band
Painting on canvas welds three long faces into a single upright band so that the edge of one becomes the beginning of the next — wall art that works the way a narrow mirror does: everything reflected has to fit the same width.
Technique and texture
The paint lies smooth and shows no stroke at all, so each plane behaves like coloured glass. Inside a single face the transitions are soft; between one face and the next they are cut with a hard black line. The eyes carry the only white highlights on the canvas, and that is what makes them look wet.
The motif
The three heads are set at different heights and one has its eyes closed while the others are open, so the band never becomes a repeat. The noses are drawn out into narrow wedges that run almost to the chin. Grey-blue, olive and sand fill the planes and a deep red field opens along the left and lower edges.
Setting and placement
A cold palette in an upright format is a specific tool: it fits the tall thin section of wall that most pictures are the wrong shape for. Warm timber furniture is what the grey-blues want nearby, and they gain against it.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, stroke-free smooth planes, hard black dividing lines, white highlights in the eyes
- Palette: grey-blue, olive, sand, deep red, black
- Ideal for: studies, hallways, reading corners
- Character: cool, glassy, ordered
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Sizes for Faces in the Mirror I
Faces in the Mirror I is painted in 15 portrait sizes, from 30 x 45 to 180 x 275 cm. Its grey-blue faces belong on the tall, thin section of wall that a wider canvas cannot use: a reading corner takes 40 x 60 or 50 x 80 cm, and above a console of about 90 cm two thirds of that width comes to 60 x 90 cm. Beside a bookcase or on a stairwell wall, 80 x 120 or 90 x 140 cm has room to open up. Selecting YES under Stretcher means the canvas with its three profiles arrives stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. A frame for Faces in the Mirror I is optional, and the Frame menu starts at Without frame. Delivery takes 15–45 days.
This painting is hand-painted on canvas, down to the hard black lines between the faces and the white highlights in the eyes, so it is not a print.
Faces in the Mirror I: what buyers ask
Which size of Faces in the Mirror I suits a console?
Over a console about 90 cm wide, choose 60 x 90 cm, so the three profiles cover two thirds of its width.
Is a frame included with Faces in the Mirror I?
No, a frame around the grey-blue and olive planes is added only if you wish, as the Frame menu starts at Without frame.
How long does delivery of Faces in the Mirror I take?
For all 15 sizes, from 30 x 45 to 180 x 275 cm, delivery takes 15–45 days.
Can I get Faces in the Mirror I in a different size?
For a size that is not among the 15 on offer, ask us about a painting made to order.
