The House with the Cracked Walls — Fine Art

The House with the Cracked Walls shows a building with broken parts and a roof that sags in places. Short separate marks of paint sit side by side across the walls and ground. The picture stays with solid forms rather than a smooth surface, in the manner Paul Cézanne used for his late nineteenth century work.

The paper is fine art paper with a matte finish, so the lighter tones stay quiet and do not shine under a lamp. A dark frame on a pale wall lets the broken lines of the house stand out without crowding them.

On a stairwell wall the house sits a little above eye level, and from the landing you see the cracked lines before you climb the next step.