Description
Flowers I – two magenta heads over a violet band
Wall art faces two large pink-magenta flower heads against a scarlet field, each head built from five heart-shaped petals with a gilded sheen and a tightly gathered spherical centre: painting on canvas, its petals modelled rather than brushed.
Technique and texture
The petals were raised out of the paint, then smoothed and gilded along their rims, so they catch light quite differently from what is behind them. That upper ground was laid thick and floated over with a blade until it reads as coarse plaster. Every stick in the lower band was formed on its own and pressed into soft paint, with thin coiled wire lines winding up beside them.
The motif
The heads are not level with each other: the left is lower and tips to the side, the right stands higher and turns straight out. Two broad gold-ochre leaves grow from each stem and open downward. Small gold squares are set in the upper corners and along the middle of the lower band, and they are what pulls the whole into a rhythm.
Setting and placement
Two heads and a band of stems fill a shape far wider than it is tall, so the wall behind has to be clear of shelves and switches. Relief this pronounced needs light from the side to draw its shadows, and it survives a darker room better than most.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, modelled and gilded petals, floated plaster ground, pressed sticks
- Palette: pink-magenta, gold, creamy white, dark violet, ochre
- Ideal for: living rooms, bedrooms, hallways
- Character: opulent, decorative, tactile
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Flowers I over a sofa, bed or table
Flowers I is painted in 19 landscape sizes, from 60 x 30 to 340 x 170 cm. Two pink-magenta flower heads above a violet band of sticks need a long, clear wall; size them at two thirds of the furniture’s width. That gives 130 x 65 cm over a 200 cm sofa, 150 x 75 cm over a 220 cm corner sofa, 120 x 60 cm over a bed 180 cm wide, and 160 x 80 cm above a 240 cm dining table. A long hallway needs no more than 100 x 50 cm.
Pick YES under Stretcher and the canvas with its raised flowers arrives stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. Flowers I has no frame unless you choose one in the Frame menu, which starts at Without frame. Delivery of Flowers I takes 15–45 days. The gilded petal rims were modelled in the paint itself: the painting is hand-painted on canvas and not printed.
Flowers I: answers before you buy
Which size of Flowers I suits the wall above a dining table?
Above a 240 cm table choose 160 x 80 cm, above a 180 cm one 120 x 60 cm, so both magenta heads sit over the middle of the table.
Does Flowers I arrive ready to hang?
Yes, if you pick YES under Stretcher; the canvas with its raised flowers is stretched on a wooden stretcher before it ships.
Is Flowers I painted or printed?
Painted: the gold-rimmed petals and the sticks in the violet band are modelled in paint that stands above the canvas as relief.
Can I order Flowers I in a size that is not listed?
If none of the 19 sizes between 60 x 30 and 340 x 170 cm suits you, ask us about a painting made to order with the same two flower heads.
