When we were on vacation in July we had our house painted. The living room, entrance hallway, stairs and upstairs hall used to be BRIGHT yellow ochre. I loved it. Everyone commented on it. But after 8 years - i was sick of it. An equally sick of all my deep red and burgundy decorative accessories.
You may recall, back in january when i started this blog, i had just started the transformation - with all new christmas ornaments - all birds -all blue. I bought some lovely cushions in blue silk and had to wait until july for it all to come together.
Well, just this past weekend - we finally got all the artwork up on the walls. We had rearranged the furniture and I wanted to not stay stuck in a rut with all my stuff - so it took some time to figure it all out.
Front and center is the canvas i painted and wrote about here. The walls in these pictures looks very grey - in fact the color is called "Austere Grey" by SHerwin Williams. But in person - it is much more of a blue green - changing in the light. I wanted the perfect robin's egg blue. Not sure if that is what i got! But it looks really lovely and elegant. So some of my contemporary paintings (all by me - all interpretations of others) perhaps don't "go" anymore. We'll see once we live with it for a while.
Scattered throughout the room are other paintings i have done over the years. This is the "music corner". JIm's keyboards and drums (not shown) all live in what would normally be a dining room.
As promised i started a mini gallery of all the weekly challenges i have been doing this summer. There is a big wall to fill so i better get busy with more artwork!
2 comments:
Very original and creative work.:)
Hi there,
I only just discovered your blog, and wanted to comment on your colourful paintings in your home - especially the music corner, so fun and vibrant! And your office decor is stylish - congrats on getting you own space!
Heidi
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