Empty Nest 1994 — Fine Art

Empty Nest 1994 by Louise Bourgeois takes its name from a bird home left behind. The image uses soft colour fields with a few hand drawn marks pressed into the surface. The forms sit close together like a remembered shape. The picture keeps a quiet mood through its restraint.

The fine art print comes ready to hang. The frame finishes are white, wood, dark wood or black. A white frame gives the sheet a clean edge so the soft tones sit without a hard border. A dark wood frame sets the picture back a little and lets the marks read first.

It fits on a bedroom wall beside a dresser. From the bed you see the grouped shapes across the sheet. Step closer and the small hand marks become clear. The print reads as a calm shape before any detail.