Description
Touch of the Sea – scratches in deep blue
Wall art incises fine scratches and cuts into a deep blue field that fills the canvas edge to edge — abstract painting with not one warm tone anywhere in it.
Technique and texture
Several overlapping layers went down before any of them was rubbed back, so older and darker blues push through the top one. The scratches were cut into paint that had already set, which is why they stay sharp instead of bleeding. Scattered between them are small gold impressions, the only colour on the canvas that is not blue.
The motif
The scratches collect into three or four clusters and the blue between them is left perfectly smooth, which gives the whole a rhythm without any drawing. On the left half the marks run long and parallel; on the right they are short and crossed. There is no horizon — this is nearer to looking down into water than out across it.
Setting and placement
Deep blue absorbs light rather than returning it, so this canvas asks for a bright room or enough lamplight to make up the difference. Where the furniture runs warm it does the opposite job to the rest of the room, which is usually the point of hanging it.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, overlapping rubbed-back layers, scratches cut into set paint, scattered gold impressions
- Palette: electric blue, cobalt, blue-green, deep navy, gold
- Ideal for: living rooms, studies, bathrooms
- Character: cold, worked, close-range
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Touch of the Sea for sofa, bed or dining room
The deep blue scratched field is painted in 16 landscape sizes, from 60 x 40 to 260 x 170 cm. Size Touch of the Sea to about two thirds of the furniture’s width: for a sofa of around 200 cm that means 130 x 85 or 140 x 90 cm, for a 160 cm bed 110 x 70 cm, over a 180 cm dining table 120 x 80 cm, and for a long hallway 80 x 50 cm. Cobalt and navy absorb light, so Touch of the Sea wants a bright room.
If you pick YES under Stretcher, the cobalt and blue-green canvas arrives stretched on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. A frame for Touch of the Sea is optional, and the Frame menu starts at Without frame. Delivery takes 15–45 days. The scratches are cut into paint that had already set and the small gold impressions are added one by one – this painting is hand-painted, not printed.
Touch of the Sea: questions and answers
Which size of Touch of the Sea fits over a dining table?
Over a 180 cm table choose 120 x 80 cm; over a shorter table of about 150 cm, 100 x 65 cm.
Does the blue canvas with gold impressions arrive ready to hang?
Yes, with YES under Stretcher we stretch the blue canvas on a wooden stretcher before it ships, so all you do is hang it.
How long does delivery of Touch of the Sea take?
The deep blue scratched canvas arrives in 15–45 days.
Is a frame included with Touch of the Sea?
No, a frame for Touch of the Sea is chosen in the Frame menu, which starts at Without frame, and the scratched blue field works without one too.
