wood panel wall art

Celebrate pure romance with this hand-carved relief panel by Ghanaian artisan Joseph Boateng. A scene of two lovers embracing beneath a tree is carved from sese wood and painted by hand in contrasting shades of beige and black. The bodies form a heart shape which is appropriately colored in deep red with yellow patterns.

Hinduism and Tibetan Buddhism consider om to be their most sacred mantra and it is the inspiration for Balinese Artisan Made Mulyani for this exquisite relief panel meticulously hand-carved from suar wood. The splendid wall art is painted by hand in green, red and gold with an antique finish.

A vibrant ensemble of Peruvian custom, this traditional retablo is transformed into an exceptional picture frame by Alejandro Chávez. Retablos originally featured religious passages and now Chavez uses this art form to showcase Peruvian traditions as in the lower panel he recreates the colorful revelry of an Andean feast. The side panels flanking the photograph depict quotidian scenes and the upper panel stages the collection of the tuna, a fruit of enticing flavor that grows on the prickly pear cactus. Chavez handcrafts this piece from wood and fills it with myriad personages well defined and detailed.

Inspired by the Cusco school of colonial art, Gliseria Soto in Peru creates this gorgeous wall mirror. She works in the time-honored technique of reverse-painted glass, in which the motifs are painted on the back side of glass panes before being set into the frame. The mohena wood frame is enhanced with applications of bronze leaf.

The wondrous and colorful art of Cajamarca finds reflection in this mirror, hand-painted with elaborate detail by Asunta Pelaez. The mirror is surrounded by painted glass panels beaming with crimson light, akin to the brightest star in the Peruvian firmament.