This navy blue painting by Erin Caldwell starts with a simple idea: a short band of herringbone, laid down with a broad flat brush across the left half of a wide white field. You can count the strokes. Each one is a little longer or shorter than its neighbor, pressed a little harder or lighter, so the zigzag wavers the way only a hand can make it.
The top rows are deep and saturated, almost ink. Moving down, the paint runs thinner until the last rows break into dry-brush flicks of powder blue that drift off into the white. It reads like a pattern remembering itself, and it leaves the right side of the canvas open and quiet.
It's for people who like navy blue wall art that stays calm, who want pattern without busyness, and who appreciate hand painted canvas wall art where the brush marks are the point. Fans of indigo wall art and textile-inspired design will feel right at home with it.
The open composition suits a clean bedroom, a reading corner, or a hallway with navy blue decor. It also works as blue and white wall art in a bathroom, and if you're gathering blue bathroom wall art or blue canvas prints for a spa-like space, this one keeps the room light.