Description
Puzzle – overlapping planes and one orange block
Wall art assembles the canvas out of overlapping rectangles in grey, blue, white and black, stacked like roofs and facades, and sets a single saturated orange block with a yellow edge at the centre: decorative painting held cool everywhere except there.
Technique and texture
The planes were knifed on and then rubbed back in places, so the colour underneath breaks through and no edge stays clean. The orange block is the exception — laid smoothly and in one layer, it behaves like a piece of inserted material. White streaky traces and small spatters lie across everything, above all the other layers.
The motif
Not one plane is whole: each is cut either by a neighbour or by the edge of the canvas, so the scene reads as a crop of something larger. Smaller red and yellow blocks are set along the right edge and answer the orange centre without trying to match it. The lower third is emptier and lighter than the rest, and there is no horizon anywhere in it.
Setting and placement
A mostly cool grey-blue picture goes with concrete, metal and pale wood. One warm accent against all that grey is enough to stop the picture going cold, which is what makes it workable in a study no bigger than a box room.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, knifed and rubbed planes, smoothly laid colour block, white streaky traces
- Palette: grey blue, white, black, saturated orange, yellow
- Ideal for: studies, hallways, living rooms
- Character: urban, cool, ordered
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Puzzle: portrait sizes
The grey, blue, white and black planes with their orange block are painted in 13 portrait sizes, from 40 x 50 to 180 x 200 cm. A small study needs only 40 x 50 or 50 x 55 cm, a narrow hallway wall takes 60 x 70 cm, a console table 70 x 77 cm, the space beside a tall cabinet 80 x 100 cm, and a stairwell 100 x 110 or 120 x 130 cm. The cool grey-blue tones pair well with concrete, metal and pale wood.
Choose YES under Stretcher and the painting with the orange block arrives on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. A frame for the grey-blue planes is optional, and the Frame menu starts at Without frame. Delivery takes 15–45 days. Puzzle is hand-painted – the planes are knifed on and rubbed back in places, while the orange block is laid smooth in a single layer, so it is not a print.
Puzzle: before you order
Which size of Puzzle goes above a console table?
Above a console about 100 cm wide choose 70 x 77 cm; above a narrower one of about 90 cm, 60 x 70 cm.
Do the planes with the orange block arrive ready to hang?
Yes, with YES under Stretcher the grey, blue and orange canvas is stretched on a wooden stretcher before it ships.
Is Puzzle a print?
No, the grey and blue planes are knifed on, and the white streaks and spatters lie over every other layer, which a print cannot imitate.
How long does delivery of Puzzle take?
The planes with the orange block arrive in 15–45 days, in any of the 13 sizes.
