Large Statement Paintings

We hang it on a plain wall, stand about three metres back and check whether it still holds attention. A statement painting has to work from across a room, not only from arm's length. If the composition falls apart at distance, or the only interest is in the surface texture, we list it as a regular work instead. Size on its own never earns the label here.

They buy the loudest canvas in the session and get tired of it within a month. Most of the regret we hear comes from a fast decision made on a screen, not from spending too much. That is exactly what the 14-day home trial is for. Hang it, walk past it for two weeks, and if it stops working on you, send it back at our cost for a full refund.

The widest run to about 140 cm and the tallest to about 152 cm, so roughly 55 inches across and 60 inches high. Measure your door frames and any stairwell turn before ordering at that end of the range, because a stretched canvas cannot be folded or rolled. If the piece will not physically reach the wall, tell us and we will suggest a smaller work or a pair instead.

Often, and we would rather lose the sale than send a canvas that gets returned. If your wall has under about two metres of clear space, or a sofa back and a light switch eat into it, a 140 cm painting looks jammed rather than impressive. Send us a photo through our free art advisory and we will tell you plainly which size fits and which one you should skip.

Size and studio hours, mostly. This group runs from around $300 to about $3,000, with the middle sitting near $1,100. A small work on paper takes days. A large oil built in layers takes weeks of drying time between passes, on expensive linen, with expensive pigment. The artist's sales record matters too, so steady demand for a painter's work raises the price of the next piece.

Sometimes, and the honest answer depends on the artist. Some painters in this group take a small number of commissions each year, others prefer to paint only what they choose and will say no. Send us your wall measurements, your budget and the artist whose work you like, and we will put the request to them and come back with a straight yes or no.

A statement painting is the single artwork a room is organized around, large enough and strong enough in contrast that it is the first thing a visitor looks at. Scale helps, but contrast matters more. A 90 cm canvas with deep darks will anchor a room that a pale 150 cm canvas would not.

Statement-scale originals generally run from several hundred dollars into the low thousands. Price follows surface area first, then medium, then the artist's sales history. Our smallest works start around $72, while canvases past 120 cm usually sit in our higher price collections. Every piece is hand painted, signed, and one of a kind.

On a standard 8 foot ceiling, plan for 120 to 180 cm (47 to 71 in) on the longest side, and make sure it is the largest single object on that wall. If it hangs over a sofa, it should be clearly wider than half the sofa. Anything narrower reads as a mistake rather than a choice.

Yes, and small rooms often take one large painting better than people expect. A single big piece gives the eye a place to rest, while four small frames make the same wall feel cluttered. What a small room cannot carry is two anchors, so choose one wall and keep the others quiet.

Usually not, if you pull a colour the room already contains and let the painting be the strongest version of it. Clashes come from temperature, not intensity. Dropping a hot orange canvas into a cool grey room fights the room, while a deep rust that echoes a cushion or a wood tone settles in.

Yes. Every piece ships with a Certificate of Authenticity and comes direct from the artist's studio. Reproductions of paintings are not something we sell at all, with one exception: fine art photography prints from a single photographer, which are labelled as prints. What arrives is hand painted, signed, and the only one of its kind.

Shipping is free and fully insured across Canada and the United States, 3 to 7 business days inside Canada and 5 to 10 to the USA, packed at our Vancouver studio. If a piece arrives damaged, send us photos and we replace or refund it. Filing the insurance claim is our job, not yours.

When the room already has a strong focal point: patterned wallpaper, a feature stone wall, or a big window with a view. A loud canvas in that room creates two competing centres and neither wins. Buy quieter background work there, and save the statement piece for the wall that has nothing going on.