Carved Forms 1

A quiet construction of cut shapes. Curved and angular forms in cream, taupe and warm beige are layered against a deep brown-black ground, stacked like sections of cut stone.

Visual cues include forms, layers, and shapes. The palette is anchored by beige, black, and brown. The composition is vertical.

Carved Forms 1 sits well in a bedroom or a dining room. Boutique hotel and hotel settings are also a strong fit.

It pairs with cubism and geometric abstraction interiors more naturally than ornate ones. A vertical hang reads well above a sideboard or a narrow console.

The colors centre on beige, black, brown, gray, and ivory. The cool register keeps the work quiet; nothing pushes forward more than the rest.

Oil on stretched canvas, brought up by a single painter in continuous sittings. Brushwork is varied across the canvas — broader passages laid in first, finer detail brought up over the dry underpainting.

The cubism character runs through the underpainting, while the geometric abstraction feel emerges in the surface passes. Carved Forms 1 is finished with the traditional drying and varnishing cycle; the stretcher is keyed evenly to keep the canvas flat in shipping. The vertical stretch keys the canvas tighter at the long edges, which is what holds a tall format true on the wall.

A tall canvas anchors a narrow stretch of wall — beside a stairwell, above an entry table, or alongside a slim cabinet. Centre the canvas at standing eye level (around 150 cm above the floor); a vertical wants air on both sides. The cubism character of Carved Forms 1 prefers a wall that has a single focal piece rather than a grid.

Available sizes: extra large. Pick the size to the wall, not the wall to the size. View Carved Forms 1 from about twice the canvas height back; that is the distance at which the surface settles.