The Long Way Round - Limited Edition Art Print | Signed, Numbered & Hand Embellished

The Long Way Round is a painted street scene composed around two vintage American cars and the vivid, slightly worn architecture of a warm city street. The teal car on the left and the deep red one on the right are the focal points of the composition — large, immediate, painted with the kind of gestural confidence that comes from looking carefully. Behind them, the street opens into a perspective of pastel buildings, balconies, hanging wires, a single lantern, blue sky. The atmosphere is warm, sunlit, and not quite still.

The palette is one of the pleasures of the piece: the teal of the car works against the red of its companion, while the architectural background runs to warm ochres, dusty pinks, and faded blues. The sky above is a vivid cobalt. Gold leaf has been applied by hand to the metallic elements — the headlights, the badge, chrome detail on the front of the teal car — creating real physical highlights that shift as the light around the piece changes. These aren’t printed; they’re present in the material itself. The exact placement of the gold leaf varies slightly between examples because the embellishment is done by hand.

The piece is signed and individually numbered by the artist. It reads as both a travel painting and a still life — two things at once — and it suits the kind of interior that doesn’t mind a strong presence on the wall. In a sitting room, hallway, or reading corner with good natural light, the gold leaf in the car details comes into its own.

Archival-quality print on paper. Selected in a single format — the scale we felt best suited the composition. Supplied unframed.

• Art print on archival-quality paper
• Hand-applied gold leaf — each example individually finished
• Signed and individually numbered by the artist
• Selected in a single format — the scale we felt best suited the composition
• Supplied unframed

Archival-quality print on paper. Supplied unframed.

Works well in a hallway or sitting room where natural or warm artificial light can play across the gold leaf highlights in the car details. The warm palette — teal, deep red, warm ochre — suits rooms with natural materials: oak floors, linen upholstery, clay plaster walls. A natural oak or warm wood frame brings out the warmth of the street behind; a dark frame draws focus to the cars themselves. Companions: travel photography, mid-century ceramics, objects gathered from journeys.