Most pictures are finished the moment you look at them. This one waits.
A path through a wood at dusk, lit by lanterns. Warm amber light spreading out into deep blue, branches crossing overhead, green ivy and old grey stone going quiet for the night. That is all it is, the first time.
Then somebody spots the deer
It is standing right there, in the gaps between the branches. Not painted on. Nothing was added to the picture to make it – the shadows just happen to fall that way, and once you see the shoulder and the line of the back, the antlers come next, and after that you cannot unsee any of it.
Carmen Delacroix builds these in a particular order. The ordinary place first, honestly drawn. The hidden thing last, and she never tells you what it is. One critic called it “both subtle and striking” – which is a polite way of saying the kids will find it in about nine seconds and then refuse to tell the adults.
What happens after it goes up
People stand closer to it than they do to other pictures. Guests get shown it. Someone will insist there is a second antler line further left, and honestly, they might be right.
The glow works because the paint goes dark to light, so the lanterns look lit from the inside. At night, under a lamp, that reads even stronger.
Sizes and the plain price
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 wood instead of a glare. Printed edge to edge with no white border, which means it looks right pinned up bare, or slid straight into a frame you already own.
It arrives rolled in a tube. Landscape: 14 x 11 in (36 x 28 cm) at $29, 20 x 16 in (51 x 41 cm) at $49, or 24 x 18 in (61 x 46 cm) at $69. The 20 x 16 is preselected and suits most hallways and stair walls. Made to order, so nobody else on your street has this one, and shipping is free in the continental US.
One honest thing
This is a quiet picture. Deep blue, warm gold, one thin trace of violet in the shadows. If you want something loud and graphic, it will feel too gentle for you.
If it sounds like your kind of wall, take it home. Or go through the rest of Carmen’s work on printasso.com – or follow her, and you will see the next hidden one before anyone points it out.
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 Carmen Delacroix available.
Rooftops Resting Gold – Carmen Delacroix | Fine Art Print Price range: $129 through $229
Witness Barely Waking – Carmen Delacroix | Digital Download$19
Key Beneath the Moon – Carmen Delacroix | Digital Download$19
Window Keeping Vigil – Carmen Delacroix | Digital Download$19
Glass Holding Moths – Carmen Delacroix | Fine Art Print Price range: $29 through $69
Willow Sleeping Below – Carmen Delacroix | Fine Art Print Price range: $129 through $229
