Description
Poplar View – six poplars above red-brown grass
Painting on canvas strings six poplar-like trees in a row above a wide field of red-brown grass and draws a white rail fence between the two, running the full width of the picture: decorative painting with a single straight line in it, and the fence is that line.
Technique and texture
The crowns were beaten in with short dense strokes and stay compact, with not a branch drawn among them. The grass is long upward strokes of a lighter colour, overlapping each other enough to look as though it were moving. Sky and hills were painted thin and smoothed flat, and the distance is made by that alone.
The motif
The trees are neither equal in height nor evenly spaced: two on the left stand close together, the middle pair are the tallest, and two on the right drop away. The fence cuts the scene into halves and holds the whole thing level. Toward the bottom edge the grass darkens, which is what stops the field from floating.
Setting and placement
Six trees and a fence make a horizontal that wants horizontal space, and a cramped wall would crop the row before the eye had finished it. Red-brown and ochre warm up a north-facing room where the daylight arrives cold, which is why a dining wall on that side of the house suits it best.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, beaten crowns, long upward grass strokes, thinly smoothed distance
- Palette: red-brown, ochre, dark green, pale blue, cream
- Ideal for: dining rooms, hallways, living rooms
- Character: warm, ordered, pastoral
Choose the size that suits your wall.
The six-poplar view in 19 landscape sizes
This view of six poplars above red-brown grass is painted in 19 landscape sizes, from 60 x 30 to 340 x 170 cm. A row of trees wants horizontal room, so let the canvas span about two thirds of the furniture below it: 140 x 70 cm over a 200 cm sofa, 110 x 55 or 120 x 60 cm above a bed 160–180 cm wide, 130 x 65 cm over a dining table, and 100 x 50 cm along a long hallway.
Choose YES in the Stretcher menu and the canvas with its white rail fence arrives stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. A frame is optional, and for the six poplars the Frame menu starts at Without frame. Delivery takes 15–45 days. The crowns were hand-painted in short dense strokes and the grass in long upward ones, so this poplar painting is not a print.
The first photograph shows the poplars on an easel in a frame, and the second photograph shows the same canvas from the side, where the relief of the upward-drawn grass stands out.
Questions about the six-poplar view
Which size of the six-poplar view suits a 200 cm sofa?
At 140 x 70 cm the row of trees spans about two thirds of that sofa, and over a longer sofa 150 x 75 cm suits it well.
Does the six-poplar view arrive ready to hang?
Yes, with YES chosen in the Stretcher menu the canvas with the poplars and fence comes stretched on a wooden stretcher.
Is a frame included with the six-poplar view?
No, the Frame menu starts at Without frame, and a frame for the red-brown field is added there only if you want one.
Can I order the six-poplar view in a size that is not listed?
We also paint the row of six poplars as a painting made to order to the measurements of your wall.
