Originals in this selection, Metaphysical, Oil pastels.
Formats from 40 x 60 to 80 x 60 cm.
Twilight in crayon
Empty squares, long shadows, rooms where time seems to stand still: metaphysical painting sets riddles in clear order. If you want to buy metaphysical oil pastel paintings for sale, the medium happens to suit the dusk light of these pictures very well.
Oil pastel can lay soft gradients of orange, violet and green in which a sky almost glows. Shadow areas are built up darker in several layers without turning dull. The arcade, the tower or the lone figure stays sharply set apart, and the space around it feels nearly tangible. Typical ingredients are arcades, towers, statues and a railway line on the horizon. Crayon gives them an almost grainy substance, as if the air itself were sandy. That suits the mood of standstill.
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A picture that asks questions
Such pieces work best alone on a wall, with some distance from other pictures. In a study or a stairwell they develop their quiet tension.
Comparing price and technique
Similar motifs in acrylic on canvas come out harder at the edges. For a first overview, pieces in the 500 to 1,000 euro range are also a handy place to start. They are listed as paintings for sale.