Opulence — Large Gold & Black Textured Abstract Statement Painting

ornamental · Mixed media on canvas · 90 × 60 cm
Original artwork: NZ$1,550
Availability: Available
A large-scale textured work built almost entirely from gold, black and shadow.
The surface changes as you move past it: raised circular marks catch the light, darker sections recede, and the gold shifts from bright metallic warmth to something deeper and more aged.
It is deliberately restrained in colour so the texture, movement and scale do the work.
Buy it for: the feeling of having one unapologetically substantial piece in the room — rich, dramatic and slightly excessive in exactly the right way.
Place it: somewhere it has room to breathe. Above a long console, behind a dining table, in a formal living room, entrance, hotel-style bedroom, private office or hospitality space. This is not a gallery-wall piece; it should be allowed to hold the wall by itself.
Artwork by J. Ruth Gracias, an Auckland-based contemporary artist.