Day Break | Hilltop Village at Sunrise Oil Painting
- 100% hand-painted oil on canvas
- Delivered Framed & Ready to Hang!
- We stretch (Gallery Wrap) every canvas
- Hanging wire is attached to the back
- Any questions? Please call us on 1300 90 21 53
Framing options
Choose your finish from the options above. You only need to pick one, and the painting arrives ready for the wall.
Option 1. Outer frame, delivered framed
A gold ornate, silver ornate, modern flat black or modern flat gold frame around the stretched painting. Delivered framed and ready to hang.
Option 2. Gallery wrap, stretched and ready to hang
The frameless modern look. The canvas is stretched on a timber frame with the painted edge wrapped around, and the hanging wire is attached on the back.
Option 3. Rolled canvas, frame it yourself
The painting comes rolled in a protective art tube so you can take it to your local framer.





How our paintings are made
- 100% hand-painted in oils on canvas by university-trained professional artists. No prints, no computer-generated technique.
- Painted to order for you, then stretched or framed and checked before dispatch. Allow 21 to 28 days.
- Proofs on request. Our artists rarely need changes, but if you would like to see your painting before it ships, just ask.
Delivery and guarantee
- Free tracked delivery Australia-wide. GST included, nothing more to pay at the door.
- 30-day money-back guarantee on every order.
- Australian owned, Melbourne-based since 2013, with a local contact you can reach on 1300 90 21 53.
About Day Break
A cluster of tall stone buildings rises in the upper half of the canvas, their flat facades catching a warm cream-and-gold light while the shaded sides fall into brown and ochre. Steep roofs are painted in bright red tile, stacked at different heights with square towers and narrow chimneys between them. Behind the village a dark olive ridge runs across the canvas, and above it the sky is broken into bands of teal, orange and deep scarlet cloud. Lower cottages with red roofs sit in front, half-buried in scrub.
The foreground is worked in thick, loaded strokes of dark red, green and near-black, with bare twigs scratched in over the bushes. Paint is applied in broad blocks with a visible knife edge on the lit walls, so the light reads as slabs of colour rather than fine detail. The overall character is warm and heavy, a village seen at the first minutes of daylight with the sky still holding night colour.
Suits a lounge or dining room with warm neutrals, terracotta tiles or timber furniture, and works well above a sideboard or in a hallway that needs depth at the end of it. Pairs with brass or bronze lamps, leather seating and rust or olive cushions. The portrait shape fits narrow wall panels beside a doorway. Browse more all hand-painted oil paintings, red art.