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There's art, and then there's art. There is nothing wrong with using art to add a splash of color to a room, and coordinate with your furniture. That is what most of us do. Anything you bring into your home should be something that enhances your surroundings and gives you joy.
This is totally different from buying fine art, which is not really meant to live with.
There's art, and then there's art. There is nothing wrong with using art to add a splash of color to a room, and coordinate with your furniture. That is what most of us do. Anything you bring into your home should be something that enhances your surroundings and gives you joy. This is totally different from buying fine art, which is not really meant to live with.
As an artist myself this is exactly my sentiment. It can be tempting to match artwork to the room but one should love the art for itself. The frame and mat boards can usally be worked into a design scheme to make it more workable. But I view artwork as looking out the window into a new world. We can't make the outside fit our color scheme, it is just there and we frame it with our drapes.
I got a kick out of those plates since I have been saying that for years (as well as many of the artists
I have known).
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I buy original art from time to time, and I suppose it would be considered fine art. We live with it just fine. I don't understand your statement.
We buy from independent artists at locations we visit. You can find original art at all price points.
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As an artist myself this is exactly my sentiment. It can be tempting to match artwork to the room but one should love the art for itself. The frame and mat boards can usally be worked into a design scheme to make it more workable. But I view artwork as looking out the window into a new world. We can't make the outside fit our color scheme, it is just there and we frame it with our drapes.
^^^ We also have many pieces of artwork (including my own) and nothing clashes visually or
is too big or expensive.....but then I don't buy or own something that would be auctioned off at
Sotheby's.
My mother painted a lot of oil paintings over the years and I have about six of them. I don't even think about whether they "match" anywhere or not - all I'm looking at when I hang them is whether or not the scale of the painting works on a particular wall.
That being said, when I was looking for a very large painting or print for over my sofa, I looked for color as well as dimensions in a work that "spoke" to me. My husband and I looked for months till we found the right painting.
I loved the picture itself, but I also loved the colors, and I pull those colors out with accessories throughout the year (I change pillows and throws and items on the cocktail ottoman throughout the seasons). It was important to me to love both the subject of the painting AND the colors - which I wanted to play up in the room.
And here it is - I really like it. The painting reminds me of a park I used to visit regularly when I lived in Germany.
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When we bought our current house, because it was twice as large as our old house, we needed to obtain new furniture now that we had a formal living room. Once the furniture arrived, I sent one of the fabric samples from the custom sofa to an artist I had admired for years, and commissioned her to create a piece of art that incorporated the same colors. My only request: I wanted the art work to be about TREES. Other than that, she could do whatever she wanted.
A few weeks later I ended up a wonderful set of tree-themed paintings, each using 1-2 different colors from the fabric. To this day they hang over the sofa as a perfect complement to the furniture in that room. I love those paintings.
What if you buy the couch to match (at least coordinate) with the art? I don't want things visually fighting with each other, so they do have to at least live in harmony.
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We also have many pieces of artwork (including my own) and nothing clashes visually or
I don't want things visually fighting with each other, so they do have to at least live in harmony.
