Late in a hot afternoon, the last chord still hanging, and the terrace behind her has gone the colour of a struck match.
She is halfway up off the bench. Not sitting, not standing. The music has stopped and her body has not agreed to it yet.
Look at where her weight isn’t
Isabelle caught her in the half second between the two positions, so one shoulder is already ahead of the rest of her. That is why the picture will not sit still on the wall. And look under the bench: the shadow is violet. Not grey, not brown. Violet, where no shadow has any business being violet, and it is the reason all that gold reads as heat instead of decoration.
She never lets the people in her paintings look out at you. This pianist is turned toward the sea, cadmium red and chrome yellow going up around her like the room is on her side. You did not get a performance. You walked in at the end of one.
Ruby put it well: “The artwork vividly captures the moment with dynamic color and movement, transporting the viewer to a sunlit Mediterranean terrace.”
Your hallway at four in the afternoon
It gives light back. Put it where the day is dimmest and the gold does the work of a lamp you don’t have to switch on. People stop at it on the way to the kitchen and ask who she is, and you will not have a short answer.
Getting it on the wall
A high quality print of a digital artwork on museum-grade archival matte paper. Smooth and non-reflective, so a window across the room gives you the terrace back, not your own ceiling light. It prints edge to edge with no white border, so the colour runs all the way out. It arrives rolled in a tube, ready for a frame you already own, or pinned up bare if that is more your style.
Landscape. 14×11 in (36×28 cm) at $29, 20×16 in (51×41 cm) at $49, or 24×18 in (61×46 cm) at $69. Most people take the middle one; go bigger if the wall is wider than a doorway. Free shipping in the continental US, and it is made to order, so nobody on your street will have this one.
One honest thing
This is loud colour. If your rooms are all soft greys and you like them that way, it will pick a fight. If there is wood, or plants, or one cushion with a pattern on it, it will look like it was always there.
Take it home if she is already yours. If you want to sit with it, look through the rest of Isabelle’s work at printasso.com, or follow her and you will see the next one before anyone else.
One is a piece. Two is a set. Three is a collection.
Almost nobody stops at one. A second work by the same hand turns a wall into a pairing. A third turns it into something you chose rather than something you bought. There are 6 other works by Isabelle Moreau available.
Embrace Dissolving Lantern – Isabelle Moreau | Fine Art Print Price range: $29 through $69
Ribbon Still Restless – Isabelle Moreau | Digital Download$19
Satin Resting Turquoise – Isabelle Moreau | Digital Download$19
Heel Against Yellow – Isabelle Moreau | Fine Art Print Price range: $129 through $229
Shawl Still Dancing – Isabelle Moreau | Digital Download$19
Laughing Through Last Light – Isabelle Moreau | Fine Art Print Price range: $29 through $69
