Brown & Earth Tone Paintings

Yes, the brown and earth tone group is where our lowest prices sit, starting at about $72. The range runs up to roughly $1,800, with the middle near $975. The lowest priced pieces are the smaller works, around 30 by 40 cm. They are still original, signed, one of a kind, and they come with a Certificate of Authenticity like everything else.

A Certificate of Authenticity for that exact piece, written for the work you bought. That document is what proves the painting is an original and not a reproduction, and it is included at no extra cost with every piece we sell. Shipping is free and fully insured from our Vancouver studio, and you then have 14 days to decide whether to keep it.

Oil costs more mainly because of time. Oil dries slowly, so an artist works a canvas over weeks in layers, waiting between each one, while acrylic dries in minutes and a piece can be finished far faster. Oil pigment and medium also cost more per tube. You are paying for studio weeks, not for a better result, since both make excellent paintings.

Yes, in most rooms it is a mistake. When the painting sits at the same tone as your oak table or your floor, the art reads as part of the furniture and people stop looking at it. Choose a brown that is clearly warmer, cooler or deeper than the wood around it. The painting should relate to the room, not vanish into it.

Yes, and we think this is the only sensible way to give art. The 14-day trial travels with the painting, so it can be sent back within 14 days for a full refund with return shipping paid by us. Years later the Lifetime Trade-Back still applies, so a gift that no longer suits their home can come back for store credit.

The larger canvases, roughly 100 to 135 cm wide, are the ones that hold a lobby wall. Brown and earth tones work well in commercial spaces because they stay calm behind furniture and do not date the way a trend colour does. For a private office, something nearer 60 to 80 cm at eye level behind the desk usually reads better than one oversized piece.

A brown painting is an original work led by earth pigments: umber, sienna, ochre, sepia, and the rust tones that sit between red and brown. Most pieces here mix several earth tones with cream, which is why they feel warm rather than dark once they are on a real wall.

Our earth-tone originals start around $72 for small works, with larger canvases priced by size and complexity. Each is hand-painted and signed, never a print. Because browns suit large formats well, this collection is a sensible place to price out a big piece for an open-plan wall.

Go larger than feels safe: 100 to 150 cm (39 to 59 in) wide is a realistic starting point for anchoring a zone in an open-plan space. A small brown painting on a big open wall disappears. Measure the furniture grouping below it and aim for about two thirds of that width.

Yes, but choose the brown carefully: raw umber and other grey-leaning browns sit naturally beside grey sofas and concrete, while orange-leaning siennas can clash with cool greys. If your grey furniture leans warm, most earth tones will work. Bring cream in somewhere to soften the meeting point.

Shipping is free and fully insured at every size: 3 to 7 business days within Canada and 5 to 10 business days to the USA. Large works ship from Vancouver packed by hand, and the insurance covers the full value of the painting until it reaches your door.

Every work is a one-of-a-kind, hand-painted original, signed by the artist and accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. We do not sell prints or reproductions of paintings. With earth pigments especially, the layered surface is visible in person in a way no reproduction carries.

Avoid deep browns in small, dim, north-facing rooms, where dark umber absorbs what little light exists and can make the space feel heavy. In those rooms choose ochre or cream-heavy works instead. And if your goal is a crisp, cool, minimal look, brown will fight you the whole way.