Harmony in Umber Poster

Harmony in Umber overlaps four broad curved fields until the picture reads as a landscape without ever becoming one. A dusty mauve sweeps across the top, pale blue and chalk white meet underneath it, and a deep olive umber rises from the lower right, each one brushed thin enough that the one below shows through at the edges. A single hairline in pale gold runs across the lower half and is the only drawn mark in the picture, cutting across three fields without belonging to any of them. Everything else is paint laid wet into wet and left to find its own edges.

Oak could work well here, since it follows the umber and keeps the cooler fields from dominating. A thin black frame adds definition if the wall is pale. In a hallway or above a bench the soft transitions settle a narrow space. It pairs nicely with pale pine, sheepskin and stoneware in a muted glaze.