High Contrast Black and White Art of Crossing Beams - Canvas Wall Art

Two broad black beams cross each other just off centre, one rising steeply up the canvas and one running low and nearly flat. Michelle Dorsey laid each with a wide, loaded palette knife, so the paint sits thick and glossy. Where she dragged the blade out, the ends break into dry, bristly edges, fine splatter and a few thin drips running down the pale ground.

This is high contrast black and white art with real surface texture. The cream and soft gray background is scraped and layered, with ridges of white catching the light, so the piece reads as black and cream abstract art up close and a bold graphic cross from across the room. It has the honest, slightly rough finish people look for in wabi sabi wall art.

It suits anyone who likes a quiet room with one strong statement. If you lean toward japandi wall art or minimalist abstract wall art, the restrained palette and single gesture will feel right at home, and fans of black brush stroke wall art will enjoy the visible knife marks.

As black and white canvas wall art, it works over a sofa, a sideboard or a headboard. Hang it as black and white bedroom wall art above a low bed, or choose it as abstract art for dining room walls where it can anchor a long table. It pairs easily with other black and white wall decor, wood, linen and stone.