Description
Colour Frame – a white middle between coloured edges
Modern painting borders a wide white and pale grey middle with colour pushed out to the edges and into the corners: painting on canvas using colour as a margin rather than as a subject.
Technique and texture
The white middle is laid in several thin coats, scraped back in places so the colour beneath shows through. The blocks at the edges are the opposite — set down in one sweep, flat and hard-edged. The strokes are not aligned to the edge of the canvas; in places they overlap and in others they leave a narrow gap of ground.
The motif
A pale pink band runs down the left edge with a dark green-black block beneath it. Upper left holds a cluster of yellow and blue-grey strokes with a narrow orange strip beside it. Upper right stands an emerald field, a yellow square below it and a short orange passage. The foot is closed by a blue band and, beneath that, a wide orange strip across the full width.
Setting and placement
A bright middle means the picture will not weigh a room down while the coloured edges still give it energy — an unusual combination and the reason to choose it. It hangs happily among other work because the middle is quiet.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, thin scraped-back white middle, single-sweep flat edge blocks, deliberately unaligned strokes
- Palette: white, pale grey, orange, yellow, emerald, blue, pink
- Ideal for: living rooms, offices, hallways
- Character: bright, bordered, energetic
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Colour Frame in a hallway, beside a sofa or up a stairwell
Colour Frame is painted in 15 portrait sizes, from 30 x 40 to 180 x 220 cm. Pick the white middle with its coloured edges by the room: 40 x 50 cm for a hallway, 50 x 65 cm above an 80 cm console, two thirds of its width, 70 x 90 cm on a narrow wall beside a sofa, and 100 x 125 cm for a stairwell.
The first photograph shows Colour Frame on a marble wall above two green armchairs, and the second photograph a larger format leaning against the wall next to a tan leather sofa. For the orange, yellow and emerald edges on a stretcher, choose YES in the Stretcher menu and the canvas arrives stretched, ready to hang. A real frame around Colour Frame is optional, and its Frame menu starts at Without frame. Delivery takes 15–45 days. The white middle is hand-painted in thin, scraped-back coats, so Colour Frame is not a print.
Questions about Colour Frame
Which size of Colour Frame suits a hallway?
In a hallway or on a narrow pillar, the white middle with coloured edges works at 40 x 50 cm.
Is a real frame included with Colour Frame?
No, the coloured edge is a painted part of the canvas, while a real frame is optional and added in the Frame menu, which starts at Without frame.
Does Colour Frame arrive ready to hang?
Yes, with YES chosen in the Stretcher menu the canvas with its white middle comes on a wooden stretcher.
Can I order Colour Frame in a size that is not listed?
Besides the 15 portrait formats from 30 x 40 to 180 x 220 cm, we paint the coloured edges as a custom-size painting in your measurements.
