Plain Sailing

Original digital-to-physical · Aluminum composite panel, UV ink, crystal glass pigments, high-gloss automotive clear coat

$14,100

Smooth, precise, unexpected. Those are the three qualities of a day when everything aligns, and they are the three qualities of this work. The bold stripes do not blend or fade into each other. They hold their ground. The crystal glass pigments in the surface catch the light like water catches sunlight, shifting slightly with the angle. The palette is alive. So is the day it came from.

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Details

Dimensions

124 × 164 cm

Weight

7 kg

Subject matter

Bold horizontal stripes in vibrant colors

Medium

Aluminum composite panel, UV ink, crystal glass pigments, high-gloss automotive clear coat

Suited for

BedroomLiving roomOfficeHallwayHotel lobby

Fire rated: D-s2,d0

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From the studio

“A serene day on the water, where the sky and the sea blended into one. When the winds align and the horizon looks clear, life flows like a perfect nautical line: smooth, precise, unexpected. That moment of pure momentum is what this work holds. Each stripe is a different part of that day. The whole is the feeling of it.”

vonMoerenburgh

Living with this work

The work does not change its position over time the way the atmospheric works in this collection do. It is consistent. What changes is what the collector brings to it: some days the momentum is there and the piece confirms it, some days it is not and the piece holds the memory of when it was. That is the function of a work about a feeling rather than a place.

Where it lives

Room by room: where this work thrives, where it struggles, and exactly where to hang it.

Room fit

The palette is direct and energetic. It does not recede. Position at 145 cm to center on a neutral or white wall with at least two meters of clear viewing distance. The stripes need space to read as separate registers rather than as a single band of color. Natural light reveals the crystal glass depth in the surface. Artificial warm light advances the orange and yellow. Both are valid readings.

Good fit

The palette is energetic rather than restful, which makes this a morning-room piece rather than an evening one. In a bedroom that receives strong morning light the work reads with particular clarity. Position at 145 cm to center on the wall opposite the bed so the full stripe sequence is visible from the pillow.

Work size124 x 164 cm

Hang height (center)145 cm

Wall coverageAccent wall focus

Ideal viewing distance1.5 - 2.5 m

About the artist

vonMoerenburgh

The Hague, The Netherlands

48,000 miles. Panama to New Zealand, Brazil to Hawaii. vonMoerenburgh was crossing the Pacific, then crossing it again, from a different angle. The ocean kept finding him. Eventually, he stopped leaving.

He came to art late. Thirty years in design, gaming, and publishing, then at 49, he started making art. The work is built on a digital foundation, finished by hand with crystal glass pigments that shift with the light. The same surface reads differently depending on where you stand and what the light is doing.

He always meant to go to art school. This is what happened instead.