Originals in this selection, Acrylic on canvas, Urban and Pop, Oil pastels.
Formats from 75 x 50 to 100 x 75 cm.
Acrylic ground, pastel on top
Bold acrylic fields with the greasy, glowing line work of oil pastel on top: Urban Pop thrives on the contrast between slick and tactile. If you want to buy Urban Pop paintings in acrylic and oil pastel, this is where street and studio meet. Browse them as paintings for sale.
On canvas, acrylic forms the ground: fast drying, opaque, with crisp edges. The oil pastel goes on afterward, because oil sticks to acrylic but not the other way around. It can be applied thickly, rubbed in with a finger, or scratched back out with a needle. In Urban Pop, where outlines, lettering and stencil areas collide, it adds glowing accents and scribbled marks that spray paint cannot match.
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Loud, yet alive on the wall
The colors are strong, yet the surface stays lively because the wax content throws light back softly. That suits a living room with wood floors as well as a hallway where a single picture sets the tone. Raking light shows the direction of every stroke, while harsh sun is hard on pigment and wax over the years.
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Oil pastel stays soft. In the description, look for whether the piece is fixed or framed under glass, and whether the canvas edges are painted so it can hang without a frame.