Description
Poppies in Red – three heads in one colour
Painting on canvas floods the whole surface with a single colour — ground, air and light are all red — and lets three open poppy heads rise out of it on thin dark stems: abstract painting in practice, because with no second colour the motif has to be read through texture alone. A horizontal gold band cuts across just below the middle.
Technique and texture
The red is laid in several overlapping layers with swirling traces cut into them, so the surface is nowhere even. The gold band is drawn in one pass and stays smooth, which is what separates it from the worked ground around it. The white dots in the flower centres are set down last as small raised drops.
The motif
The heads are not symmetrical — two open toward the viewer, the third is tilted and partly closed, with a bent bud hanging beside it. The stems are made with one thin unbroken line from the bottom edge to the flower. Because nothing else happens in colour, the eye works entirely on relief.
Setting and placement
A single-colour piece needs a neutral wall — white, grey or concrete — and room around it. One wall has to take it alone; nothing else should be hung near it.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, layered red, incised swirling traces, raised white drops
- Palette: carmine red, scarlet, gold, white, black
- Ideal for: living rooms, foyers, offices
- Character: bold, monochrome, emphatic
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Poppies in Red: near-square sizes
Poppies in Red is made in 13 near-square sizes, from 50 x 50 to 180 x 175 cm. Since the painting should cover about two thirds of the furniture’s width, choose 130 x 125 or 140 x 135 cm above a 200 cm sofa, 110 x 107 or 120 x 115 cm over a 160–180 cm bed, and 100 x 100 cm above a sideboard of about 150 cm. A hallway needs only 60 x 58 or 70 x 70 cm, though even there the single red field should hang on its own. Choosing YES under Stretcher brings the red canvas with its gold band stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. A frame for Poppies in Red is optional – the Frame menu starts at Without frame. Delivery takes 15–45 days.
Swirling traces are cut into the red layers and the white dots in the flower centres are raised drops, because Poppies in Red is hand-painted on canvas, not printed.
Poppies in Red: before you order
Which size of Poppies in Red suits a sofa?
Over a 200 cm sofa, 130 x 125 cm covers two thirds of the width; for a longer sofa, take 140 x 135 cm.
Is a frame included with Poppies in Red?
No, a frame around the red field and its gold band is added only if you want one, in the Frame menu that starts at Without frame.
Is Poppies in Red a print?
No, the swirling traces in the red and the raised white drops in the poppy centres are hand-painted on canvas.
Can I get Poppies in Red in an exactly square size that is not listed?
For a size outside the 13 on offer, ask us about a painting made to order.
