One word frees us of all the weight and pain in life. That word is love.
You'll recognise the shape before you know why. This piece borrows the three-band layout that's sat on bookshelves since the 1930s, and hands the whole thing over to a single theme: love. No author, no title to summarise -- just the format, stripped back to one word.
Nothing on the canvas is printed or flat. Every mark is laid down by hand, so the surface carries real texture and depth, catching the light differently depending on where you're standing in the room. It's a 75cm x 100cm mixed media original, and the boldest, simplest piece in the Penguin Book Cover Art collection.
Where it works
A bedroom, an entryway, above a bed -- anywhere a single clear word does more work than a sentence would. It also reads well as a wedding, engagement or anniversary gift, for the same reason: it says the one thing that actually matters and leaves it at that.
Original or print
Available as the one-of-one hand-painted original, or as a print on archival-grade paper, framed by Australian framers -- a float frame for a sharper, gallery feel, or left unframed. Full pricing and sizing on the artwork page.