Originals in this selection, Oil on canvas, Expressive and gestural, Oilcolor.
Formats from 50 x 20 to 100 x 150 cm.
Stretched surface
Gestural painting on canvas gives momentum plenty of room, because the weave gives way and cushions the stroke. If you want expressive oil paintings on canvas for sale, you probably have a format in mind that fills a good part of a wall.
On the springy canvas a painter can work with the whole body. A strong pull of the knife stays as a ridge, and where the brush starts at the edge a rim of color forms. Under thick paint the weave is often only visible at the borders. The paint application ranges from thin and glazed to thick like toothpaste.
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Large formats
Gestural works gain with size. A broad vertical lends tension to a stairwell, a horizontal carries well above a sideboard. Measure the wall and tape up wrapping paper as a test. Drip marks running downward also belong to the character of such pictures.
Weight and transport
Thick paint makes canvases heavier than they look. Ask about weight, framing and the hanging system on the back.