Idris Vale · No. 286

Palace of Pools

Palace of Pools is the work that announces Idris Vale's Arabesque Isometry. Seen from a precise bird's-eye angle, a palace of nested courtyards unfolds like a jewelled diorama, each enclosure cradling a still turquoise pool ringed by arched sandstone colonnades, the whole arranged around a central dark plaza inlaid with a vast, breathtakingly intricate gold arabesque mandala. Vale renders every crenellation, archway and shadow with octane-render precision, the warm daylight raking across the ivory stone. The effect is both monumental and intimate — a great palace shrunk to a treasure you could hold. Symmetrical, opulent and hypnotically detailed, it sets the luxurious tone for the entire collection.

An original oil painting on canvas by Idris Vale, painted to order — never a reproduction. Luxurious isometric renders of Moorish palace architecture — sandstone courtyards, turquoise pools and intricate gold arabesque inlay, like jewelled dioramas.

Artist

Idris Vale

Medium

Oil on canvas

Finish

Unframed, ready to hang or frame

Made

To order, by hand