Description
Nature at Sunset – two stands of trees over dark water
Painting on canvas mirrors two stands of orange-gold autumn trees in the dark water below them and leaves the middle empty except for a single bright point on the horizon: decorative painting in which the lower half was not drawn at all but poured.
Technique and texture
The crowns were beaten in with short dense strokes of three colours that mix only once they are on the canvas, which is why they look leafy rather than solid. The reflection below was made by dropping paint and letting it run, with no wave drawn anywhere in it. The sky is thin and smoothed flat, so it separates from the relief beneath it by touch as much as by tone.
The motif
The stands are not matched: the left is lower and tighter, the right taller and more drawn out. The trunks are thin, dark and made with one stroke apiece, and they nearly vanish under the crowns. That bright point on the horizon is the lightest place on the canvas and the only thing the water repeats as a vertical band.
Setting and placement
An autumn palette is worth having in a room with cold light, and it sits easily beside wood and leather. Because the whole lower half was poured rather than drawn, it holds up at close range as well as across a room, which makes it easy to place above furniture.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, beaten crowns, poured and run reflection, thinly smoothed sky
- Palette: orange-gold, red-brown, pale grey, dark brown, cream
- Ideal for: living rooms, bedrooms, dining rooms
- Character: warm, calm, atmospheric
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Nature at Sunset for narrow and tall walls
The two stands of orange-gold trees over dark water are painted in 15 portrait sizes, from 30 x 40 to 180 x 235 cm. A narrow wall between doors or in a hallway takes 40 x 52 or 50 x 70 cm, a console table 60 x 78 cm, and the space beside a tall cabinet or bookcase 70 x 100 cm. A stairwell carries 100 x 130 cm, or 120 x 155 cm under a very high ceiling. The autumn palette warms a room with cold light and goes well with wood and leather.
Choose YES under Stretcher and the canvas with its gold crowns arrives stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. A frame for the autumn trees is optional, and the Frame menu opens with Without frame. Delivery takes 15–45 days. The crowns are beaten in with short strokes and the reflection is poured and left to run, so this painting is hand-painted, not printed.
Nature at Sunset: questions
Which size of Nature at Sunset suits a stairwell?
For an ordinary stairwell choose 100 x 130 cm; for a very tall wall by the stairs, 120 x 155 or 140 x 180 cm.
Does Nature at Sunset include a frame?
No, a frame for Nature at Sunset is chosen separately in the Frame menu, which starts at Without frame, and the orange-gold trees do not need it.
Is the reflection of the trees in the water printed?
No, the reflection below the trees was made by pouring paint and letting it run, and the crowns were beaten in by hand in three colours.
Can I order the autumn trees over water in another size?
Yes, if none of the 15 portrait sizes suits you, write to us about a painting made to order of the autumn trees.
