The Lake — Fine Art

The Lake shows a flat stretch of water with a shoreline and a wide open sky. Tarsila do Amaral painted this kind of scene with broad colour fields and simple drawn edges. The picture stays quiet, with little detail on the far side of the water.

This fine art print sits on a pale wall and the matte paper keeps the blues from shining under a lamp. A dark frame makes the lighter water stand out, or a wood frame fits beside wooden furniture. You see the painted edges clearly on the sheet.

It works on a bedroom wall above the bed, where the low light leaves the surface calm. From the foot of the bed the water line reads as one even band, and the near shore holds a few darker notes.