Description
Above the Water – violet trees in reflection
Wall art casts violet and turquoise trees into a bright sheet of water taking the lower third of the canvas — modern painting of this kind turns on which half is lit — here it is the wrong one.
Technique and texture
The canopies are built from dense dotted loads that stand high off the canvas and give the foliage a palpable thickness. The water is pulled into long horizontal strokes so smooth that the relief above it reads all the more strongly. Thin vertical branch lines are drawn between the trees, cut into wet paint.
The motif
The reflection is painted lighter than the trees, so the lower half glows and the scene appears lit from below. A group of gold-yellow canopies on the left is the only warm point and pulls a look toward itself, with a denser violet wood on the right. The shore between wood and water is given by a row of dark horizontal strokes, and the sky behind is pale grey and almost without colour.
Setting and placement
Cool violet and turquoise get along with grey and white, so this one settles into an already furnished room instead of asking it to change. The landscape crop is right for the broad strip above low furniture.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, dense dotted canopy loads, long smooth pulled water, branch lines cut into wet paint
- Palette: violet, turquoise, gold-yellow, pale grey, dark green
- Ideal for: living rooms, bedrooms, dining rooms
- Character: cool, luminous, inverted
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Which size to choose, and when does it arrive?
Above the Water is a landscape-format painting in 17 sizes, from 50 x 40 to 280 x 175 cm. Over a 200 cm sofa choose 130 x 100 or 140 x 88 cm, above a 160 cm bed 110 x 70 cm, over a 150 cm sideboard 100 x 75 cm, and in a hallway 70 x 50 or 80 x 60 cm; for a long wall in an open-plan room there are sizes up to 280 x 175 cm. Let the painting cover about two thirds of the furniture’s width. Stretcher YES: the canvas is stretched on a wooden stretcher bar and ready to hang, with a frame as your own choice. Delivery takes 15–45 days. The violet trees and their reflection are hand-painted on canvas, and the painting is not a print.
Questions about Above the Water
Which size of Above the Water works over a sofa?
Over a 200 cm sofa choose 130 x 100 cm for a taller look or 140 x 88 cm for a longer, lower one.
Does the painting arrive ready to hang?
Yes, when you choose YES under Stretcher: the canvas with the trees and the water is stretched on a wooden stretcher bar.
How many days is delivery?
We deliver Above the Water in 15–45 days, in any of its 17 sizes.
Can you paint it in my size?
For a measurement that is not among the 17 on offer, see paintings made to order.
