Shattered Wings III

Jewel-toned and confidently built, this butterfly stretches its wings the full width of the canvas in heavy palette-knife planes. Sky-blue and turquoise crown the upper wing tips; the wings deepen through royal blue down to navy and violet at the lower edges; warm orange dabs flicker along every wing-vein.

Visual cues include animal, forms, and layers. The palette is anchored by black, blue, and orange. The composition is horizontal.

The expressionism character makes Shattered Wings III a natural fit for a bedroom. It also shows well in a hallway and kids’ room.

In commercial spaces, it suits beauty salon and boutique hotel. A horizontal hang reads well above a sofa or a low credenza.

The dominant register is black, blue, orange, purple, and white. A cool atmosphere holds the surface together — the piece feels collected rather than charged.

Painted by hand in oil on stretched canvas by a single painter. Layers of oil build up over the underpainting, so the surface carries visible weight and the brushwork stays legible.

The expressionism character runs through the underpainting, while the impasto feel emerges in the surface passes. The painter closes the cycle on Shattered Wings III with standard drying times and a clear final varnish, so the work is built to age well. The horizontal stretch is keyed at the long edges first; that is what keeps the canvas from bowing across a wider span.

A horizontal canvas anchors a longer wall — above a sofa, a credenza, or a dining table — and works best when it spans no more than two-thirds the width of the furniture below. Allow the bottom edge to sit a hand-span above the surface below — about 20 cm — so the work doesn’t feel piled.

Shattered Wings III suits a bedroom that is built around one piece rather than a collection. For Shattered Wings III, step back twice the canvas height once it’s hung — the brushwork resolves at that distance.