Description
Meaning IV – a green ring cut from black
Wall art cuts a large light green ring out of a black ground and lays a creamy white almond inside it, then runs a red curve down through the ring and away to the left edge: abstract painting reduced far enough that every shape looks cut from paper.
Technique and texture
Every plane is flat and matt, with no drawing inside it, so none of the colour is modelled at all. Thin incised scratches show across the green and cream and are the only texture the canvas carries. The boundaries were drawn in one pass and left hard, which is where the cut-paper look comes from.
The motif
The ring is not closed: it opens toward the lower left corner and drops into a wide tongue that reaches the edge. The almond inside it is tilted and off centre, which turns the ring into an eye rather than a circle. The red curve is the thinnest thing here and the only one that crosses the edge of the canvas, so it appears to arrive from outside the picture.
Setting and placement
Graphic sharpness like this wants a calm wall, preferably a white one, and some emptiness around it. With so few colours in play it stays decisive even in a small hallway, where a busier picture would only look crowded.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, flat matt planes, incised scratches, hard single-pass edges
- Palette: light green, black, creamy white, carmine red
- Ideal for: offices, hallways, living rooms
- Character: graphic, bold, playful
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Meaning IV in 17 landscape sizes
The green ring on its black ground is painted in 17 landscape sizes, from 45 x 30 to 260 x 175 cm. For Meaning IV the two-thirds rule gives 140 x 93 cm over a 200 cm sofa, 110 x 73 or 120 x 80 cm above a bed 160–180 cm wide, and 100 x 66 cm over a 150 cm dining table. In a small hallway the graphic planes keep their edge even at 60 x 40 or 70 x 47 cm.
When you choose YES under Stretcher, the ring with its red curve arrives stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. Meaning IV does not come with a frame; for the green ring the Frame menu starts at Without frame. The cream almond shape and the incised scratches are hand-painted on the canvas, and this painting is not a print. Meaning IV reaches you in 15–45 days.
What do buyers ask about Meaning IV?
Which size of Meaning IV suits a small hallway?
For a narrow hallway choose 60 x 40 or 70 x 47 cm, so the green ring stays clear without feeling cramped.
Is Meaning IV printed?
No, the black, green and cream planes are hand-painted, and the scratches in them are cut into the paint.
Does Meaning IV arrive ready to hang?
Yes, with YES under Stretcher the canvas with the red curve is stretched on a wooden stretcher.
Can I order Meaning IV in a size that is not listed?
Beyond the 17 sizes from 45 x 30 to 260 x 175 cm, we can paint the ring as a painting made to order.
