Description
Without Reason – a white core between red and blue
Wall art butts wide blade-laid blocks of colour against one another across a landscape canvas, burning red on the right and turquoise on the left: abstract painting with no narrative at all, where colour is the only event.
Technique and texture
In a single sweep each block went down and left a sharp plastic trail; the colours do not blend but meet along visible edges. Where the white gathers at the middle the paint is at its deepest, raised clear of everything around it. In places the layer beneath shows through the top one, which gives the planes depth without any shading.
The motif
Deep red and scarlet run down the right in close upright bars. The middle climbs from orange through gold-yellow into a clean white that runs downward as a broad smear. The left edge carries turquoise and cobalt in horizontal bands with a warm brown-ochre strip beneath them, and short orange-red marks appear on a bluish grey ground at the upper left.
Setting and placement
The white core needs to be met head-on rather than at an angle, so a wall you walk toward suits it better than one you pass. It brings strong colour into a neutrally furnished room, which is why a white or pale grey wall serves it better than a coloured one.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, single-sweep blade blocks, thickest white standing as relief, underlayers showing through
- Palette: deep red, scarlet, gold-yellow, white, turquoise, cobalt
- Ideal for: living rooms, dining rooms, offices
- Character: bold, blocked, chromatic
Choose the size that suits your wall.
Without Reason: which size for which wall
Without Reason comes in 15 landscape sizes, from 50 x 40 to 240 x 175 cm. Its red, white and turquoise blocks should reach across roughly two thirds of the furniture below: 130 x 100 cm over a 200 cm sofa, 110 x 80 or 120 x 90 cm above a bed 160–180 cm wide, 120 x 90 cm over a 180 cm dining table, and 100 x 75 cm over a 150 cm sideboard.
The first photograph shows the canvas in an optional gold frame on a studio easel, and the second photograph sets it in an optional slim black frame, against which the white core stands out even more sharply. No frame is required: the Frame menu starts at Without frame, and with YES under Stretcher the colour blocks arrive stretched and ready to hang. The knife-laid blocks and the thick white core are hand-painted, so this painting is not printed. Delivery takes 15–45 days.
Worth knowing about Without Reason
Which size of Without Reason suits a sofa wall?
Over a 200 cm sofa, 130 x 100 cm covers about two thirds of its length; a shorter sofa needs only 110 x 80 cm.
Is Without Reason a printed painting?
No, the red, white and turquoise blocks are laid on by hand with a knife, and the white core stands up as real relief.
How long does delivery of Without Reason take?
15–45 days for all 15 sizes, from 50 x 40 to 240 x 175 cm.
Can I order Without Reason in a size that is not offered?
Yes, we also paint the red and turquoise composition as a painting made to order to fit your wall.
