Name: susiq
Location: UWS, NY
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In the sofa image, the poster was recently purchased in Denmark, at a twice annual flea market. It is 23 years old. Louisiana, where the exhibition was to be held, is a major art gallery in Denmark where the exhibition was to be held. Price $25. Carl-Henning Pedersen is the artist.
The rustic painting next to it was found in an antique store in Denmark approximately 10-15 years ago. It is of a Danish landscape. The signature says Myrow 63. Price approx $50.
The large black and white print was purchased, framed, for approximately $150. I don’t know the artist.
Pitch:
In the image on the other wall with the large cabinet, the special process print above the cabinet and the large, original, watercolor on the floor are by a Northern California artist, Katherine Planle, purchased a year ago October. Price $1800 for watercolor, $500 for print above cabinet....
You have incredibly nifty art, but the asymmetrical arrangements are making me extremely nervous.
(Help! I'm turning into my mother, the Woman Who Must Have Things in Symmetrical Pairs.)
Lovely! Stunning!
Bravo! Very good taste in my opinion.
Holly
Maybe it's because I'm a guy, but I want those pipe chases (or columns) in the corner painted an accent color, even it's just a darker shade on the same paint chip. Also maybe the beam that "rests" on them being a third shade or color.
That's not a criticism at all, just a "serving suggestion". The dish stands on its own as-is. I like the composition as a whole pretty well, although the thing that makes me "nervous" (to use wende's word) would be framed pictures with glass on the floor. I'd be afraid they might get kicked.
Off topic...but is that the leaning bookshelf from Crate and Barrel?
There's something really attractive about the landscape paintings to me; I think they're calm and soothing. And I must say I really like your cabinet! I especially like the proportions and the contrast between the heavy top and slender legs.
I googled Katherine Planle with no results. Do you have a link to her site?
a: I believe that cabinet is the Bento from C&B.
http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.aspx?c=991&f=8802&q=bento&fromLocation=Search&DIMID=400001&SearchPage=1
Your large black and white print looks like a piece by Robert Motherwell. I'm almost certain of it. The originals are often very large; over 80 x 100 inches making them very striking pieces. I love his work!
You can take a look at some of Motherwell's other work by googling his name with google images. Here: http://images.google.com/images?q=robert+motherwell&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images
I am sharing Wende's concerns about the organization here - everything doesn't have to line up, but there is no logic to the groupings at all. The art arrangement seems very haphazard, as if you just moved in and haven't figured out where to put things yet.
The art itself is fine, neither objectionable nor particularly interesting. But the placement kills any hope of making it engaging.
so funny! my favorite thing about these rooms is the A-symetry! I guess it jsut goes to show you.
I also think that it looks like pretty weel thought out A-symetry... If you look, they are off center, but the centers of the artworks still line up.
Oh well. to each their own.
kristian, I was thinking the same thing.
these are well hung
(god, is p2 back?)
Yes, that IS the Bento cabinet, just love it! And the leaning shelving is from Pottery Barn. We're looking for a new table and chairs/must replace that in the near future.
As for the artwork, funny thing is last weekend we put up another painting on the cabinet wall to the right of the small painting, halfway down from it, almost like a stepped effect, but I promise it doesn't look contrived! It looks great. It's a dark, brooding, painting and adds a little surprise element to the other softer shades surrounding it. I also brought in this huge, branched thing which is leaning on the left side of the cabinet and reaches/bends a little into the print above the cabinet and relates really well to that print. I did consciously group the paintings/print on the cabinet wall with blending, mushy, fuzzy, motifs and similar but different colors.
Nothing is ever permanent with my artwork arrangements. I am frequently changing the places for my artwork, bringing in new things, putting away existing pieces. I love to experiment with new positions (oh, sorry, that does NOT sound good)!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the way things are arranged. To me, it says living with art. Don't change a thing!
I totally love this place and the art...I feel like I could come right in and plop down...or like it's a movie set, for a really good movie where you like the characters so much you don't want it to end and you wish you could live with them! :)
Curtis, I'm open to that suggestion about the pipe chases and wonder if it should just be the ceiling/trim color?
This looks homey and serenely composed. If I came to visit, I'd bring you a roundish green plant for your sunny table. Love it.
susiq-
I was thinking either a SLIGHTLY darker color, because of the (way) darker vertical in the picture on the floor; OR perhaps mixing the ceiling color and the wall color today for a very subtle transition between the ceiling/beam and the walls.