Big Art

Filling a large wall can be tricky--you generally need either a lot of small pieces, a pair of large pieces, or one REALLY big work to make a statement.  Problem is, all of those strategies add up, money-wise.

I was recently looking for wall-defining art for my brother and sister-in-law, and came across a number of pieces not right for them but that I felt I couldn't pass without comment.

All of these are extra large (at least one side over 5'), and all $1000 or under.  Obviously $1000 is still plenty of dough, but it's really not a lot for a wall-sized artwork that will make your space.

Melodie Allegre, folie a deux, acrylic and ink on canvas

Tijana Lukovic, untitled, oil on canvas, Belgium

Claire Elizabeth Jackson, Resham Singh Sandhu, High Sheriff of Leicester 2011, Oil on Canvas, United Kingdom

(you know I would want this for my dining room if I didn't already have Nai Nai)

Raj Yadav, The Mask, Oil, India

Alecs Heiduschka, Totem 2, acrylic on canvas, Germany

We're thinking about letting the girls have their own rooms--and some of the design schemes would leave me with a big wall to fill.  Keeping my eye on these!

Hope your holiday weekend was refreshing!

My latest obsession

I have been looking for a large painting for my dining room wall.  (More on that to come.)

In addition to open studios and local galleries around town, I have been obsessively searching Saatchi online.   Unlike the proliferation of on-line print shops (many of which are wonderful in their own right), the Saatchi gallery offers tons of original works, by artists all over the world.  You can filter by many factors, including size, medium, price, style, and orientation.  After inputting my parameters, there were still over 5,000 works to consider, which is either impressive or daunting, depending on how you look at it.  My husband jokingly asked last night if I had viewed them all yet.  Okay, he was serious.  But I "only" looked at about half of them before cutting myself off and admitting that I am, in fact, slightly insane.

But this is normal, right?

Oh, just some printouts of pieces I am considering, taped to the wall.

Totally, completely normal.