With spare sets by Michael Yeargan and evocative lighting by Robert Wierzel, the cool, airy design provides a tranquil backdrop for the stormy emotions played out against it.
My wife and I have a pair of shelties (as well as two lorikeets, whose chatter provides a tranquil backdrop to our evenings by the fireplace, and one very fat angelfish in a tank all his own, on a stand in my study).
Several important scenes -- including Pollock's first encounter with a crow he later tamed, his reunion with his four brothers and the making of a color film of him at work -- take place against this tranquil natural backdrop, one of the property's chief attractions for the artists.
In the top-floor tea room, tranquil music forms a backdrop for the sleek wood tables, high-back chairs and modern semi-industrial interior softened by sheaves of dried wheat.
In the oil "Harwich Lighthouse" (1820), one of the earliest paintings on view, a towering, luminous mix of rose-tinged white and sullen gray clouds covers three-quarters of a fair blue sky, serving as backdrop for a tranquil view of a modest lighthouse, a path leading toward it and boats near the horizon.
Leading a seven-piece band complete with piano and pedal steel, he came on like a thoughtful folkie rather than the oily balladeer of "Your Body Is a Wonderland"; he even did a cover of the Grateful Dead's "Friend of the Devil," signaling a rustic sincerity further established by a video backdrop depicting a tranquil night sky.
A cold, tranquil, lush estate serves as the backdrop.
Stand on the deserted silver beach looking inland and you'll see the tranquil Groot river lagoon, against the backdrop of the Tsitsikamma mountains.
The tranquil bay with a natural, undeveloped backdrop, is like a vast, shallow paddling pool and you can hire kayaks and paddleboards from local operator Menorca en Kayak.
Doubles from £70 B&B, +248 423 4029, hibiscusladigue.com Up a steep hill, a 10-minute bike ride from the jetty, this cosy creole-style house is in a tranquil spot, surrounded by towering palms and vivid hibiscus, with a backdrop of green-clad granite peaks.
With the backdrop of a vibrant orange setting sun, it was a tranquil way to ease into the weekend.
