Description
White Earth – a bright plaque above a dark crust
Three layers of inverted earth: in the upper third floats a cool, bluish-white plaque with vertical scratches and drip traces, beneath it a dark umber-black band of crust lies across the full width, and the lower near-half of the canvas is covered by a sandy brown base with fine vertical flutings.
Technique & Texture
The dark band is the rawest zone of the painting: heavy, pitted impasto that works like soil or the crust of bread. This is a hand-painted painting on canvas – the flutings of the lower layer are drawn like the growth rings of wood or the traces of rain, with a darker vertical streak at the lower left of centre.
The Motif
The white plaque is framed by the dark brown edges of the canvas and the upper corners, and its coolness, with its bluish tint, resists the warm earth beneath it – a block of light above fertile darkness, earth turned upside down.
Styling & Placement
Material wall art on canvas for living rooms, offices and mountain houses; the earthy palette and raw textures open most beautifully beside wood and stone.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, pitted impasto, vertical flutings
- Palette: bluish white, umber black, sandy brown
- Ideal for: living rooms, offices, mountain houses
- Character: raw, earthy, archaic
White Earth: an upright canvas for sofas, consoles and stairwells
White Earth comes in 12 portrait sizes, from 40 x 60 to 180 x 215 cm. A narrow hallway needs only 60 x 90 or 70 x 85 cm, while above a 120 cm console, 80 x 120 cm covers about two thirds of its width. Over a 200 cm sofa the pale plaque above its dark crust works at 130 x 155 cm, and beside a stairwell with a high ceiling at 110 x 150 cm.
The first photograph shows White Earth in a light frame above a cream sofa next to a black chandelier, and the second photograph catches it from the side beside an arched window under a glass chandelier. Choose YES in the Stretcher menu and the canvas with its white plaque arrives on a wooden stretcher. A frame is optional: for White Earth the Frame menu starts at “Without frame”. Delivery takes 15–45 days. White Earth is hand-painted in pitted impasto, so this painting is not a print.
Questions about White Earth
Which size of White Earth suits a 200 cm sofa?
130 x 155 cm covers about two thirds of the sofa width and keeps the dark band of crust clearly visible.
Does White Earth arrive ready to hang?
Yes, with YES in the Stretcher menu the canvas with its white plaque and sandy brown base comes on a wooden stretcher.
Can I order White Earth in a size that is not among the 12?
Yes, we paint the white plaque above the dark crust as a painting made to order in your measurements.
Is White Earth a print?
No, the pitted impasto of the dark band and the flutings of the sandy base of White Earth are applied by hand.
