Yellow Arches

Description

Anyone who has walked or cycled through the Main Quad knows this feeling, the arches stretching out ahead of you, the sandstone warm in the afternoon light, the whole corridor doing that thing where it makes you feel small and unhurried at the same time. This watercolor canvas print captures it perfectly, one cyclist heading into the shade, bikes leaned against columns, the checkered pavement pulling your eye all the way down to where the light gives out. The palette is rich and earthy, deep ochres and burnt siennas and that particular California shadow that is somehow both cool and golden. It's quiet in the way Stanford's arcades are always quiet, even when they're not. The matte canvas finish handles all that contrast beautifully, the dark archways, the sun-baked stone, nothing bleeding or overblown. Gallery-stretched on a slim 1.25" pine frame and ready to hang out of the box, it's for anyone who spent time on that campus and still thinks about it, or anyone who just appreciates a place that was built to make you slow down.

Product features

- Matte, gallery-stretched canvas on 1.25" pine frame

- Printed with UL-certified Greenguard Gold latex inks (non-toxic, non-flammable)

- Sustainably sourced radiata pine inner frame from FSC-certified renewable forests

- Soft rubber dots on bottom back corners and included back hanging for stable wall display

- Available in horizontal, vertical, and square orientations with 60 size options; slight size tolerance +/- 1/8"

Care instructions

- If the canvas does gather any dust, you may wipe it off gently with a clean, damp cloth.