Perched black bird on a beige dry-brush canvas wall art

A small black bird stands at the top of a thin ink line that cuts diagonally down the canvas to the bottom right corner, its tail cocked to the left and its beak turned the other way.

The line is dragged rather than drawn: it thickens into knots and frays at the edges, like a crack across ice or a twig half under water. Around it the beige ground is scored with fine horizontal dry-brush streaks of grey, heaviest along the top and left side, thinning to bare cream at lower left. The bird sits a third of the way down, with nothing to compete with it.

WA#009 is an original wabi-sabi animal painting showing small black bird perched on a thin ink branch over a beige dry-brush field, hand-painted in acrylic on canvas. It is painted to order in any size; the 14 standard sizes run from 20×24 in (51×61 cm) to 60×80 in (153×203 cm). Painting takes about 10 days and delivery 5–7 days by DHL, FedEx or UPS; the minimum order is one piece.

The bird is small, so it rewards a wall seen from close range: beside a headboard, above a writing desk, or at a corridor turn where guests pass within arm's length. The diagonal falls toward the lower right, so hang it to the left of whatever it accompanies and let the line lead there. Pale ash, washi paper shades, unglazed stoneware and a little black iron echo its cream and ink. Keep the wall around it bare; a crowded gallery hang would swallow it.

Specified for guest room & suite, corridor & circulation, bedroom and home office; it reads as peaceful and calming.

These share its palette, format and surface, so the three hang as a set: a run along a hotel corridor, a pair either side of a bed with this one between, or one per suite on the same floor.

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Width × height. These are the sizes ordered most often; any other size is painted to order, with the composition redrawn to your proportions. A common rule: art about two-thirds the width of the sofa, bed or console beneath it.

Trade prices for WA#009 are quoted per order rather than listed, and come back within one business day. Four things set the figure:

Size

Price follows canvas area. The standard sizes run from 20×24 in to 60×80 in; any other size is quoted the same way.

Finish

Rolled canvas is the lowest-cost way to buy and ship. Stretched, ready to hang, costs more, and a frame costs the most.

Surface

Flat brushwork takes less paint and time than impasto or relief work of the same size.

Quantity

Volume pricing starts at 10 pieces: the same design for every room on a floor, each one painted individually, or a mix of works.

Shipping is not included in the price; its cost is confirmed with you before the piece ships. Ask for a price on WA#009 on WhatsApp →

1. QuoteMessage us WA#009 on WhatsApp with sizes, finish and quantity. Trade pricing comes back within one business day.
2. Painting · about 10 daysThe canvas is painted for your order. You get progress photos or video at each stage, and the next stage starts only after you approve.
3. Final approvalA photograph of the finished piece is sent for your approval before it leaves.
4. Delivery · 5–7 days by expressBy DHL, FedEx or UPS; larger orders can also go by air or sea freight, which changes the time. We book the carrier and find the best route for your address and order. It can ship rolled in a tube (the lightest freight), stretched ready to hang, or framed in gold, silver, black, white or wood.