Paris in oil, rain-slicked and hand-painted

Why Paris paintings

Paris scenes are darker than buyers expect, and that changes where they hang

Most Paris paintings are built on wet greys and near-blacks, which means the wall and the light around them matter more than the subject.

People choose a Paris street scene for the red umbrella or the glowing café window, then hang it on a shadowed wall and wonder why it has gone flat. The luminous bits are small by design; the rest is grey stone, wet bitumen and bare branches. These paintings come alive on a wall that gets side light, or under a picture light, where the oil catches and the pavement reflections actually read as water.

Go bigger than feels safe. A boulevard scene has deep perspective, and under about 90cm wide the far end of the street turns to mush. Hang street scenes so the vanishing point sits near standing eye level, roughly 145cm to the centre. Eiffel Tower verticals want a tall, uninterrupted wall, not a spot above a low sofa. The palette sits well with warm timber, brass and cream; it fights blue-grey walls and cool stainless finishes.

How your painting is made

1. Choose the size and finishSeven standard sizes from 60 × 50cm to 200 × 135cm. Stretched ready to hang, rolled, or one of our frames. The size guide on every painting shows it to scale.
2. Painted to order, by handA university-trained artist paints your piece in oils on canvas, working from the original. Two to three weeks at the easel, then drying time.
3. Stretched, framed, checkedGallery-wrapped or framed in our workshop, then photographed and checked before it leaves.
4. Delivered free, Australia-wideMade to order in 21 to 28 days, then tracked to your door. Thirty-day money-back guarantee if it isn't what you hoped.