Originals in this selection, Metaphysical, Material Acrylic, 500 to 1,000 euro.
Formats from 40 x 60 to 100 x 75 cm.
Stillness with shadows
Empty arcades, hard shadows, objects standing around like signs: metaphysical art builds stages where nothing happens and yet everything is tense. Metaphysical mixed media works with acrylic are for sale in this price band for readers who like stillness with a riddle in it.
Acrylic provides smooth, deep planes for sky and ground in which shadows stand as if cut out. Where collage or chalk joins in, the scene gains grain, like plaster on a southern house wall. The result is calm and slightly unsettling.
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Room to linger
These pictures suit rooms where people sit: a reading chair, a desk, a dining table. A plain wooden frame works best. Little company on the wall lets the emptiness breathe. In time you get used to metaphysical pictures and begin to notice small changes. Depending on time of day and light, the shadows seem to travel and the planes tip toward warm or cool. That is just what makes this art so lasting.
Before buying
Ask about format, margin and varnish. Even planes are sensitive to scratches, so careful packing and a frame behind glass or with a shadow gap make sense.