Description
Music – a band of strokes and its echo
Wall art doubles a narrow band of vertical strokes across the middle of an almost empty canvas, repeating it beneath a horizontal line as a reflection: painting on canvas in which blue, green, red and black are set down side by side and never mixed.
Technique and texture
Each stroke was knifed straight down in one pass with nothing corrected afterwards, which is why the edges stay sharp and irregular. The reflection uses the same colours thinned out and pulled longer, so it reads softer than what it repeats. Behind them lie thin overlapping layers with the tool marks left in.
The motif
The strokes differ in height and in width — some reach almost to the top of the band, others stop halfway — and the rhythm never repeats itself. The red strokes are gathered at the centre and are the only warm colour on the canvas. That horizontal line between the band and its echo is the one straight edge in the whole picture.
Setting and placement
Most of this canvas is pale and nearly bare, so it will not weigh down a small room. Air like that suits light furniture and white walls, and the band still reads clearly from the far side of a bedroom.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, knifed vertical strokes, thinned reflection, thin overlapping layers
- Palette: cobalt blue, green, carmine red, black, pale cream
- Ideal for: bedrooms, offices, living rooms
- Character: airy, rhythmic, bright
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Music: size, stretcher, delivery
Music, a narrow band of blue, green, red and black vertical strokes with its echo below a horizontal line, is painted in 19 landscape sizes, from 60 x 30 to 340 x 170 cm. Since much of the canvas is pale cream, it does not weigh on a small room: above a 160 cm bed take 100 x 50 or 110 x 55 cm, over an office desk 80 x 40 cm, over a 200 cm sofa 130 x 65 cm, and along a long hallway 150 x 75 cm.
Music arrives stretched on a wooden stretcher and ready to hang if you choose YES in the Stretcher menu. A frame for Music is optional, and the Frame menu starts at Without frame. Delivery takes 15–45 days. Every stroke is hand-painted with a knife in a single pass and left uncorrected, so this painting is not a print.
Questions about Music
Which size of Music suits a space above a bed?
Above a 160 cm bed take 100 x 50 or 110 x 55 cm, so the band of strokes stays easy to read.
Does Music arrive ready to hang?
Yes, with YES chosen in the Stretcher menu the canvas with its colour band comes stretched on a wooden stretcher.
Is a frame included with Music?
No, the Frame menu starts at Without frame, and a frame for the cream canvas is added only if you wish.
Can I order Music in a size that is not listed?
We also paint the band of vertical strokes and its echo as a painting made to order in your measurements.
