Description
Faces in the Mirror V – a gold field and chestnut hair
Painting on canvas rests the face against a wide gold field that occupies the left third and is worked in soft circular strokes: abstract painting on one side of the canvas and a portrait on the other.
Technique and texture
That gold field is the only place with a visible stroke — the paint is laid in circles that catch light at different angles. The face is its opposite: cream and greyish planes smoothed flat with no trace of the tool. The contours run thinner than elsewhere in the series and in places give way to shadow instead of line.
The motif
The head is tilted and cut at the chin, so it appears to lean out of the canvas toward the viewer. The lips are small and deep red, the only saturated note in an otherwise soft range. Two large blue eyes carry a white flash each, and the gold field to the left acts as light falling on the face from one side.
Setting and placement
Soft tones with gold in them bring warmth into a coolly furnished room without brightening it. Above a chest of drawers, or in a bedroom, it stays calm despite the scale of the head.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, circular gold strokes, smoothed facial planes, contour giving way to shadow
- Palette: gold, chestnut red, cream, grey, blue
- Ideal for: bedrooms, living rooms, dressing rooms
- Character: soft, warm, quietly elegant
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Faces in the Mirror V: upright sizes
Faces in the Mirror V is painted in 15 upright sizes, from 30 x 40 to 180 x 220 cm. A tilted face beside a gold field suits narrower walls: 40 x 49 or 50 x 60 cm next to a dressing table or mirror, 60 x 73 cm beside a bedroom wardrobe, and 70 x 90 cm above a chest of drawers or console about 100 cm wide, two thirds of its width. A tall stairwell or hallway wall takes 100 x 120 or 110 x 135 cm.
Choose YES under Stretcher and the canvas with its chestnut-red hair arrives stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. No frame is included with Faces in the Mirror V, the Frame menu starts at Without frame. Delivery of Faces in the Mirror V takes 15–45 days. The circular gold strokes and smooth planes of the face are not printed, because this painting is hand-painted on canvas.
Faces in the Mirror V: buyer questions
Which size of Faces in the Mirror V suits a bedroom chest of drawers?
Over a chest about 100 cm wide choose 70 x 90 cm, over a 120 cm one 80 x 98 cm, so the blue-eyed face stays in scale.
Does Faces in the Mirror V arrive ready to hang?
Yes, if you choose YES under Stretcher, the canvas with its gold field is stretched on a wooden stretcher before it ships.
Is Faces in the Mirror V a print?
No, the gold field is laid on in circular strokes and the planes of the face are smoothed by hand, with no printing.
Can I order Faces in the Mirror V in a size that is not listed?
If none of the 15 sizes between 30 x 40 and 180 x 220 cm suits you, ask us about a painting made to order with the same face beside the gold field.
