This piece looks like a wall that has been through decades of weather. Garrett Sommers laid down overlapping slabs of slate and charcoal gray with a palette knife, then let patches of beige underpaint break through where the layers chip away. Thin streaks of rust orange bleed downward through the gray, just like oxidized metal staining old plaster.
It's large vertical abstract wall art built on texture. The knife edges catch the light, the cracked ridges read almost like relief, and the rust drips add a slow, vertical rhythm. If you love palette knife abstract art with a lived-in, imperfect feel, this one has plenty of grit and quiet character.
It suits people drawn to wabi sabi wall art and earth tone abstract wall art, the kind of room that favors worn wood, concrete, linen and iron over anything glossy. The palette is moody abstract wall art without being dark, with the warm rust keeping the cool grays from feeling cold.
As tall narrow wall art, it fits beside a doorway, at the end of a hallway, between windows or above a slim console in a loft or industrial-style living room. Printed as canvas wall art, it brings that weathered surface to any wall that needs height and texture.