Description
paintings – Wheat – gold columns above a waterline
Wall art stands vertical columns of gold, orange and ochre above a reflecting surface that takes the bottom quarter of the canvas — abstract painting in everything but the name the title gives it.
Technique and texture
The colour was laid with a blade and drawn vertically downward, which gives the surface its pronounced striped relief. In several places the load is scraped back to the ground, opening thin dark gaps between the columns. The reflection in the lower quarter is painted more softly and more runnily than the thing it mirrors.
The motif
The horizontal of the waterline is the only straight line on the canvas and everything else takes its bearing from it. The columns are of different heights and different widths, so the row never settles into a pattern. The centre is the brightest passage — there the colour thickens into an almost white light that reaches from the top down to the water, and darker blue-green bands close the composition at either side.
Setting and placement
An upright format with a strong vertical will straighten a low room and lift it optically, which is a structural job rather than a decorative one. Beside warm timber the gold tones connect without any effort.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, vertically drawn blade load, striped relief scraped back to the ground, softly run reflection
- Palette: gold, orange, ochre, blue-green, white
- Ideal for: living rooms, dining rooms, hallways
- Character: vertical, luminous, structural
Choose the size that suits your wall.
How do I choose a size for Wheat?
Wheat is painted in 17 upright sizes, from 40 x 50 to 180 x 240 cm. The gold columns want a wall taller than it is wide: 40 x 50 or 50 x 70 cm for a narrow hallway or the gap between two doors, 60 x 80 cm over a 90 cm console, which is about two thirds of its width, 75 x 100 cm beside a bookcase or wardrobe, and 100 x 130 or 120 x 160 cm on a stairwell wall.
With YES chosen under Stretcher, the gold, orange and ochre canvas arrives stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. A frame for Wheat is added only if you want one, in the Frame menu that opens on Without frame. Delivery takes 15–45 days. The striped relief is drawn down with a blade, which makes Wheat a hand-painted painting rather than a print.
Is Wheat the right gold abstract painting for a hallway or narrow wall?
Yes, Wheat is a luminous abstract painting in an upright format: vertical columns of gold, orange and ochre stand above a waterline that is mirrored in the bottom quarter of the canvas, and the centre thickens into an almost white light. The strong vertical lifts a low room optically and the gold tones connect with warm wood, so Wheat belongs in a hallway, between two doors, beside a wardrobe, in a living room or a dining room.
How is Wheat painted by hand?
Wheat is hand-painted by our painters with a palette knife: the paint is drawn vertically downward, which gives the surface a pronounced striped relief, and in places it is scraped back to the ground so thin dark gaps open between the columns. The reflection in the bottom quarter is painted softer and more fluid. When Wheat is finished, we send you a photograph of it to approve, then ship it.
How does Wheat arrive: rolled, stretched or framed?
We ship Wheat the way you choose: rolled, stretched on a 2.5 cm deep wooden stretcher, or framed. Wheat is stretched and framed in our workshop in Slovenia. Stretched, Wheat arrives ready to hang; rolled, it is practical for sizes up to 180 x 240 cm. A warm wood or gold frame echoes the gold columns.
How should I hang and care for Wheat?
Keep the waterline of Wheat a little below eye level, with the centre of the painting about 150 cm from the floor. Side light brings out the striped relief and the dark gaps between the columns. Clean the relief of Wheat with a soft dry brush, without water.
Is Wheat a good gift?
Wheat is a warm gift for a housewarming, a new office or anyone who loves gold and autumn tones; 40 x 50 and 50 x 70 cm also fit a narrow hallway. If you are not sure which size of Wheat is right, give a gift voucher.
Wheat – common questions
Which size of Wheat goes above a console or chest of drawers?
Over a 90 cm console we suggest 60 x 80 cm, and over a 110 cm chest 75 x 100 cm, so the gold columns stay narrower than the furniture below.
Is a frame supplied with Wheat?
No, a frame for Wheat is optional, and the default Without frame in the Frame menu means the canvas arrives unframed.
Is Wheat a print or a hand-painted painting?
Hand-painted, because the gold, orange and ochre paint is drawn vertically down with a blade, which leaves a striped relief you can feel.
Can I order Wheat in a size outside the 17 listed?
Send us your wall measurements for a painting made to order and we will check whether the gold columns work in a different proportion.
How high should Wheat hang?
The centre of Wheat about 150 cm from the floor, with the waterline a little below eye level.
Can I order Wheat rolled?
Yes. When you order, you choose whether Wheat comes rolled, stretched or framed.
Does Wheat lift a low room?
Yes. The vertical gold columns of Wheat draw the eye upward and lift a low ceiling optically.
What does Wheat show?
Gold, orange and ochre columns above a waterline; the name recalls ears of wheat, but the painting is abstract.
