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How To Choose Art – Try it in Your Space

How to Choose Art – Try it in your Space

How to choose art can feel a little overwhelming. We have a solution for you. Would you like to get a better idea of how it will look in your space? We can mock up a rendering if you tell us which piece or pieces of art you are considering.

As you can see in the photos below, that even 3 pieces of art on this large empty wall can still seem a little sparse. The size of the art, the predominance of the colors and the weight of the image can make a difference to the overall look. Contact us.  We are willing to give discounts, and advice for anyone looking to create a Gallery Wall.  Depending on the pieces, and number of pieces, you charge we may give up to a 40% discount.

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We can also provide suggestions if we know what type of art you like. We do not charge for this service as it helps ensure you will be 100% satisfied. Just send us a photo of the room.

It is better to send a close up photo, and please provide the measurement of any large piece of furniture so we can scale appropriately.

Providing us with a photo which is closer up will enable you to see the art work more clearly. In this case seeing the color of the feature wall is instrumental to assessing the overall look.

Say goodbye to blank walls!

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Remember to attach the photo. We will respond within two business days.

How to Choose Art for Your Bedroom

Your bedroom is your sanctuary and the place to get personal with art selections. Art is the soul of the room, so use it to set the mood or tie the accent colors together. One-of-a-kind pieces that make a statement. Consider a relaxing piece to bring calm. Landscapes or soft abstracts suit a bedroom well. Think of serenity, or calming colors.

3D, abstract, acrylic, watercolor — there are many options suitable for bedrooms. Choosing colors that are already in your room creates continuity. Usually using any one color 3 times is a good guideline.

How to Choose Art for your Living Room

Consider a gallery wall in the living room. Varying subjects from figurative to landscapes. Vary mediums—oils, watercolors, collage, and photography—in different types of frames. Vary sizes, frame types or colors, without making any one piece to take center stage.

Each piece should take equal importance.” Choose pieces with compatible color palettes or with a unifying color repetition in various tones and hues.

Consider larger pieces or a grouping for over the sofa. Get creative with a pop of color or choose an intense texture. High gloss, or glass covered art works well in living areas where light dimmers can interplay with the piece(s).

Choosing the right artwork for a living room can invite spirited conversation, a sense of calm or an opportunity to evoke provocative conversation, depending on the art that is chosen.

3D, abstract, acrylic, watercolor — there are many options suitable for bedrooms. Choosing colors that are already in your room creates continuity. Usually using any one color 3 times is a good guideline.

How to Choose Art for your Kitchen

Be playful, choose pieces that elevate your environment. Often landscapes, art that evolves around relationships, or art that depicts enjoying life fit well in a kitchen. Kitchen artwork doesn’t need to be restricted to depictions of food. It can evoke emotion, connect with family, or evoke imaginations about a trip to your dream vacation destination.

3D, abstract, acrylic, watercolor — there are many options suitable for bedrooms. Choosing colors that are already in your room creates continuity. Usually using any one color 3 times is a good guideline. Botanical images add interest to kitchens. There are several of these in our Shop. I have not provided links here because the availability of any one piece of art is very fluid. I prefer to sell Originals rather than Prints.

How to Choose Art for your Dining Room

Take a risk be bold. Choose striking colors, bold design or conversation starters. This is a great venue for a 3D piece of art. The key is to think of how to choose artwork that will stimulate conversation. 3D art evokes emotion and encourages dialogue as the viewers are drawn into the artwork.

3D, abstract, acrylic, watercolor — there are many options suitable for bedrooms. Choosing colors that are already in your room creates continuity. Usually using any one color 3 times is a good guideline. Botanical images add interest to kitchens. There are several of these in our Shop. I have not provided links here because the availability of any one piece of art is very fluid. I prefer to sell Originals rather than Prints.

How to Choose Art for your Bathroom

A serene piece of art can convert your bathroom to a spa. You may want to choose some smaller pieces that won’t overwhelm the space. A bathroom may also be the perfect spot for something quirky and expressive.

A bathroom is a place where you can take more risk – using something that is abstract or unusual.

How to Choose Art for your Workspace

With more people working from home, art for their home office has become increasingly important. Let the art represent you, or to send a message. A calming piece of art that ends up in your video calls may be conducive to congenial meetings. Art that you face while you work could be used to motivate or speak to you.

Choosing art that connects with your career, or your passions can help make your workspace seem more comfortable.

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Care for Fine Art – 3D Art – Vancouver

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Make your 3D art pop! Adequate, strategically located lighting makes all the difference when displaying your newly acquired artwork. The angle of lighting changes the way the shadows are cast. As you view the 3D art from different angles the shadows shift.

Choosing the right lighting is as important as choosing the right location for your newly acquired 3D art. For maximum success, try moving your lighting if it doesn’t seem to be ideal.

Care for 3D Art

Care for your 3D art with the same care as you would any piece of fine art, and it will last for years. Do not use any cleaning products – homemade or commercial. Dust lightly and do not allow the piece to be in environments where it is exposed to grease splatter, or excessive heat or direct sunlight.

Most of my 3D art is framed, or framed and matted. Larger pieces may be sold unframed, allowing you to choose your own frame. Multiple surfaces on which I have painted and/or added various mediums to create the effect make it pop.

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The outer layer may or may not have paint and/or other mediums on it. This sometimes helps break up with the reflective aspects of the outer layer of glass or acrylic surface used in the framing process.

If there are mediums on the outer layer, the same cleaning techniques as would apply to an original acrylic or oil painting apply. Simply lightly dust the piece with a feather duster or similar. Do not use cleaning products or rub or clean like you clean windows, as this will ruin the 3D art piece.

The surfaces I use to create the 3D art effect include high definition acrylic or occasionally glass. Sometimes this creates reflections and glare. There isn’t a good alternative. Non-glare acrylic mutes and blurs things. This diminishes the advantage of producing a great piece of 3D art.

Others agree that anti-reflective acrylic sheets reduce the contrast between colors considerably. That reduces the meticulous hours of work to create dimension by using tones and hues to show depth or dimension. If excessive reflection is a problem, the answer is to hang your 3D art in a location with a little less reflective light or redirect the angle of the lighting.

Framers

If you do decide, now or at a later date to reframe your 3D art, here are a few things you may want to know.

While one framer, I talked to, suggested the answer is museum glass. I don’t think that is a feasible answer either. It is counterproductive to use a frame with museum glass, if the inner layers still have a reflective quality. As an artist, just as I enjoy the clarity of seeing Vancouver scenery first hand, I want my customers to see the art with the least blurriness.

The cost of museum glass can run $400-600 for a piece the size of one of my larger 3D art pieces. Seeing as I often use 2 or 3 layers that means a cost of over $1,200 – $1,800 in glass alone. Moreover the more sheets of glass used, the higher the risk becomes with regards to breakage.

Museum glass, often used in art galleries,  transmits about 97-98% of light compared to non-reflective acrylic transmitting 88-89%. Museum glass is about 12 times more expensive than regular glass per sheet.  I have talked to a number of Vancouver artists, and most do not use museum glass. Vancouver artists tend to use regular glass, despite the challenges with reflections because it produces better clarity.

Best Results:

High definition acrylic offers the best results. It provides for clearer crisper images. While there are two grades of acrylic that reduce glare, both have challenges when doing 3D art. The anti-glare is less effective and the expensive stuff is anti-reflection. The anti-glare is really ineffective for 3D art due to the fact that it mutes the tones and hues leaving for a much less dramatic 3D art piece.

It creates the reduced glare by blurring what you are seeing. I don’t think anyone invests in a piece of 3D art, setting out to see a blurred image. It reduces the glare by making the reflection fuzzy. However, that fuzziness does not end at the glare, it has to be all over the whole sheet meaning it is impacting the 3D art.

Reducing the image’s dynamic color range has a disappointing result when aiming for a good quality 3D art piece. Anti-glare acrylic reduces the glare by reflecting the light in different directions. The problem is it still reflects a lot of light.

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