Looking for a painting for the living room? This collection brings together original works by Marcel Straver that complement, enrich and complete a living room: from large landscapes and colourful flower fields to intimate portraits and graphic nature studies, all painted in his distinctive bold pointillist style. Would you like to buy a painting, or have you spotted a work you would like to see in person first? Use the ‘take an option’ button and Marcel will get in touch as soon as possible. Interested in commissioning a work to specific dimensions? Call or email for the possibilities (see Contact).
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The living room is the space where you spend the most time and where guests arrive. It is the room that most reflects who you are and how you want to live. A painting in the living room is therefore more than decoration: it is a choice that helps define the atmosphere of the entire space.
This collection includes works such as Polder Paradise, Poppy Party, Concrete Cut and Twilight Trees. Every work is an original, painted on canvas, and available directly through the website.
The living room places the highest demands on art: the work must hold up to daily attention, look good in changing light conditions, and remain interesting both up close and from across the room. A high-quality original painting will naturally meet those requirements, but it is worth thinking them through when making your choice.
Size
In the living room, scale matters. A painting that is too small disappears into the space; one that is too large dominates it. For a wide wall or above a sofa, a format of 90×90 cm or 100×100 cm works well. Smaller formats, such as the portrait Elise Mathilde at 50×50 cm, suit a wall composition or a more intimate spot in the room.
Colour and composition
A living room painting does not need to match the interior, but a conversation between the two helps. Warm tones such as those in Flower Frontier or Polder Paradise complement natural or warm interiors well. More graphic or cooler works such as Concrete Cut or Polder Posts suit clean, contemporary living rooms.
Subject and experience
In the living room you look at your art most often. Choose a work that continues to hold your interest and that moves you differently on different days. Marcel Straver’s pointillist paintings offer that depth: up close you see the structure and paint texture; from a distance the complete image reveals itself. That makes them well suited to a room where you spend time every day.
Living rooms vary enormously in style, colour and atmosphere. A few pointers based on the works in this collection:
Warm and rural interior
Polder Paradise with its misty polder morning, or Flower Frontier with a blooming verge along a fence: works that radiate warmth, space and nature, sitting well alongside wood, rattan and earthy tones.
Colourful and expressive interior
Poppy Party with its vivid red poppies in a green meadow, or Dear Deer with a deer among purple and pink flowers: works that bring energy and colour and immediately give a room character.
Modern and minimalist interior
Concrete Cut with its sharp shadow play on concrete, or Twilight Trees with tree silhouettes in the evening light: works with a clear, graphic quality that suit a clean, contemporary living room.
Classic or eclectic interior
Portrait Elise Mathilde in pointillist style with a vibrant floral background, or Dead Duck with its direct, honest view of nature: works that invite conversation and hold their own in a more varied interior.
An original painting in the living room speaks a different language from a print. Paint texture, depth, the traces of the artist’s hand: all of that is present in an original and absent in a reproduction. In the most prominent spot in your home, that difference is immediately felt, by you and by everyone who visits.
All works in this collection are originals, painted on canvas in acrylic, delivered on a stretcher frame and ready to hang. Every painting is unique: no one else has the same work.
Do you have a specific size in mind, a colour that fits your interior, or a subject that holds personal meaning? Marcel also takes commissions, fully tailored to your living room, wishes and budget. Get in touch via the contact page for a no-obligation conversation.
Would you like to see a painting from the collection in person first? Take an option via the painting’s page and Marcel will get in touch to arrange a viewing.
