I have purchased 20 oil reproductions. A few have been great, a couple have been bad, and most have been very close to what I expected. I base my expectations on both the picture displayed as well as a picture of the print which can be viewed at any one of a variety of websites. Keep in mind that the print is the exact duplicate of the original and that these paintings are subject to a persons artistic license. in this case that artistic license has been well placed. the frame was spectacular for this canvas. The workmanship was excellent and the artistic license, if any was take, was fine. I would not rate this a being the top first or second out of the 20 I have but it would make the top 5. Nice use of color but the detail onboard the boat could have been a little clearer. Other than that, an excellent rendition of the original.
The painting is well done and I do like it. However, the picture of the painting on Great Offer Stock displays a primarily blue background with some black shading around the edges. The painting I received is completely black with the tree and lions gold. I would have sent it back but the packaging would have been very difficult to put back together once I took the painting out. I don't hate the black, but the painting in all black and gold just does not have the same dimension as the blue/gold/black edges. I gave it a 5-star rating because I commend the artist. It is the fault of Great Offer Stock for displaying, or sending, the wrong color.
Colors are vibrant and exactly like my computer monitor shows them, understanding that everyone's monitors have slight differences. The one thing I was not expecting is that the canvas wrapped painting attached on top of the frame, so there is a really cool "layer" thing going on! The colors are a strong red at the top, variations of oranges and golds, the water has a dark blue, with variation of a slightly turquoise blue and then lighter blues. This turned out to be such an amazing buy and totally lights up our office client interview room. Pay attention to the dimension as it is a large art, which in our case was perfect! FYI on the opposite wall I paired Adam Schwoeppe "Moose landscape" Metal Art with Celeste Reiter "Cozy" Contemporary Painting Giclee on Metal which picked up the colors in the 'Forest in Orange" and it is stunning!!!
I put this in my bedroom in between 2 windows and it fits and looks perfect! It adds a little touch of happiness to the room! Very simple and not over the top. Love the canvas and frame it is made with. Easy to match with everything.
