Description
White Pillar – a cracked form in a museum vitrine
A single white cracked form stands at the centre like a pillar or a vase: from a narrow waist it widens toward the top into a trumpet-like mouth, and its right outline curls outward at two thirds of the height – the gesture that gives the rigid form its character.
Technique & Texture
The form is outlined with thin, pencil-like double lines and filled with heavy cracks. This is a hand-painted painting on canvas – the cracked crust of the white is a real layer that gains the relief of old stone in side light.
The Motif
At its sides it is flanked by teal panels: the left is brightest at the top and sinks below two thirds into near-black, the right darkens downward into deep navy blackness – both threaded with cracks. Across the bottom closes a dark heavy band that locks the form in like a pedestal in a vitrine.
Styling & Placement
A gallery-grade wall art for living rooms, entrance halls and offices; it works like an exhibit – one object, one light, all the attention. It comes alive most beautifully on a calm, darker wall.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, cracked crust, double outline
- Palette: white, cracked grey, teal, navy black
- Ideal for: living rooms, entrance halls, offices
- Character: gallery-like, dignified, cracked
White Column: sizes, stretcher and the two room photographs
White Column, a cracked white form between teal panels, is painted in 16 portrait sizes, from 40 x 63 to 200 x 319 cm. For a narrow wall by a door choose 50 x 79 or 60 x 95 cm, for a spot beside a wardrobe 70 x 111 cm, for a console or bench 80 x 127 cm, and for a stairwell 100 x 159 cm.
The first photograph shows White Column in a silver frame above an upholstered bench by a staircase, and the second photograph shows it in a grey frame on a dark teal wall between two plinths with stone sculptures. Both frames are optional, and the Frame menu for White Column starts at Without frame. Choose YES in the Stretcher menu and the canvas comes stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. Delivery takes 15–45 days. The cracked white crust is hand-painted, so the painting is not a print.
White Column: what buyers ask
Which size of White Column suits a wall above a bench or console?
Above a bench or console pick 80 x 127 cm, the way the cracked form hangs over the cushioned seat in the first photograph.
Is the frame from the photographs included with White Column?
No, the silver and grey frames are optional, and the Frame menu starts at Without frame.
Does White Column arrive ready to hang?
Yes, with YES in the Stretcher menu the canvas with the white form is stretched on a wooden stretcher.
Can I order White Column in another size?
Yes, we paint the cracked white form between its teal panels as a painting made to order in your measurements.
