Description
Dimensions of Art II – a combed silver shape over cracked grey
Wall art cools the whole picture down to silver grey, cracking the upper left into a coarse net and running copper-brown bands diagonally through the lower right: painting on canvas, one long combed shape crossing the middle and tapering to a point on the left.
Technique and texture
The grey was laid thick and left to crack, and each crack holds a line of shadow. The silver shape was combed into furrows that follow its curve, so the light travels along it as the viewer moves. The copper bands were pulled with a hard knife and keep the tool marks exactly as they were left.
The motif
Red planes show through the copper in two places and add depth without becoming an accent. A black band runs parallel to the silver shape and borders it from beneath, which makes the silver appear lifted off what it lies on. White drops run down the right edge and stop short of the bottom.
Setting and placement
The combing makes the silver shape read differently from each end of a room, so a wall you walk toward serves it better than one you sit facing. Metal, concrete and darker wood are its natural neighbours, and a small study or a hallway holds it without trouble.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, cracked grey surface, combed silver shape, knife-pulled copper bands
- Palette: silver grey, copper brown, red, black, white
- Ideal for: studies, hallways, living rooms
- Character: cool, graphic, restrained
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Dimensions of Art II in square sizes
The silver-grey abstract Dimensions of Art II is painted in 14 square sizes, from 40 x 40 to 180 x 180 cm. Over a sofa of about 200 cm the copper bands want 130 x 130 or 140 x 140 cm, over a 160–180 cm bed 110 x 110 or 120 x 120 cm, above a 150 cm sideboard 100 x 100 cm, and in a hallway 60 x 60 cm is enough.
When you select YES in the Stretcher menu, the cracked grey surface comes stretched on a wooden stretcher and can go on the wall at once. A frame is not part of the painting, and for the silver shape the Frame menu begins with Without frame. Delivery of Dimensions of Art II takes 15–45 days. The combed silver shape and the white drops are hand-painted with knife and comb, so the canvas is not a print.
Before you order Dimensions of Art II
Which size of Dimensions of Art II goes above a bed?
Above a bed 160–180 cm wide choose 110 x 110 or 120 x 120 cm, so the silver-grey shape stays in proportion with the headboard.
Is a frame included with the silver-grey painting?
No, a frame is chosen separately in the Frame menu, otherwise the copper-brown bands run to the edge of the bare canvas.
Is the silver shape of Dimensions of Art II printed?
No, the cracks in the grey layer and the furrows of the comb are hand-painted on canvas, and each one differs.
