Description
Watercolor – wet stains behind black axes
Wall art pools yellow, blue-green, violet, orange and red into wet stains that run into one another with no outline at all, and the thin black lines laid across them afterwards are what make it: modern painting rather than a happy accident.
Technique and texture
The paint was thinned right down and allowed to spread and settle into puddles, so the edges of the stains are ragged and follow no stroke. Drops of a second colour were let into the wet and burst into small stars. The black lines were drawn into a ground that had almost dried, which is why they stayed sharp.
The motif
The stains overlap in three or four layers, and that is where the depth comes from — there is no drawing and no perspective doing it. Where two opposite colours meet, a third and darker tone appears that was never applied. The axes do not divide the canvas evenly; they are offset, so the composition stays open on the right.
Setting and placement
This is the most colour-dense picture in its group and it needs quiet around it, with no pattern nearby to argue with. White or grey rooms are where all that colour turns into an advantage rather than a problem.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, heavily thinned pooled layers, dropped-in colour bursts, sharp black axes into near-dry ground
- Palette: yellow, blue-green, violet, orange, carmine red
- Ideal for: living rooms, children’s rooms, offices
- Character: vivid, playful, colour-led
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Watercolor: sizes, stretcher and delivery
Watercolor is made in 16 landscape sizes, from 60 x 40 to 260 x 175 cm. Size Watercolor to roughly two thirds of the furniture beneath it, which means 130 x 90 or 140 x 95 cm above a sofa of about 200 cm, 110 x 75 or 120 x 80 cm over a 160–180 cm bed, and 100 x 68 cm above a 150 cm dining table. A long hallway can take up to 160 x 110 cm. Pick YES under Stretcher and the canvas with its yellow and violet stains arrives on a wooden stretcher, ready to hang. A frame for Watercolor is optional and chosen in the Frame menu, which starts at Without frame. Delivery takes 15–45 days.
The Watercolor painting is hand-painted on canvas; its wet stains and thin black axes were laid down with a brush, so it is not a print.
Watercolor: questions before buying
Which size of Watercolor suits a 200 cm sofa?
Two thirds of that sofa is covered by 130 x 90 cm; for a longer sofa or a high ceiling, go to 140 x 95 cm.
Does Watercolor arrive ready to hang?
Yes – with YES under Stretcher, the canvas with its yellow, orange and violet stains is stretched on a wooden stretcher before it ships.
Is a frame already included with Watercolor?
No, a frame around the coloured stains and black axes is added only if you want one, since the Frame menu starts at Without frame.
Can I order Watercolor in a size that is not among the 16 listed?
For a size outside the range of 60 x 40 to 260 x 175 cm, ask us about a painting made to order.
