Originals in this selection, Expressive and gestural.
Formats from 30 x 30 to 200 x 220 cm.
Movement becomes picture
Expressive and gestural painting shows how it was made: with sweeping arms, quick strokes, splashed or scraped paint. Anyone who wants gestural paintings for sale finds works in which energy and emotion remain visible.
Here the painter’s body counts. A stroke starts thick and runs out thin, a drop bursts on the canvas, paint is rubbed in by hand. You recognize speed and direction, as if the moment of creation could still be heard.
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Materials of the gesture
Gestural painting often uses bold materials: acrylic for speed, oil paint for body, plus charcoal or ink for lines. On acrylic on canvas and oil on canvas this can become large and room-filling.
Hanging and precaution
Such pictures need wall and air. If you choose a generous format, plan distance from furniture. Thick passages are sensitive to knocks, so when buying it is worth asking about packaging and transport by a specialist firm.