The Unique Qualities Of Abstract Art On Canvas
As you look around your home, something nags at you: you haven’t any art! Oh, you may have a few framed photos or a calendar or two that hangs on your wall, but art? No. You’ve not the time. You are busy working or studying or making a home livable to dally in the esoteric word of art. So, now what? You’re discontent with your home and that is a serious thing. After consulting with a friend or two who agrees that you need art to make your soul complete, you do more research and consider the styles of art: traditionalist, abstract, photorealism. You consider that traditional representative art simply isn’t for you, because your emotions demand to be expressed. A painting of a landscape that is neat and cleanly accomplished, for instance, hasn’t the intimacy of an abstract rendering of the same scene. Therefore, when you look for examples of what might possible please your artistic palate, you decide upon abstract art. Abstract art on canvas operates on a sliding scale; one part of the painting may be fairly true-to-life and then other a blend of realism and impressions of bright light’s effects on a sunny beach or the ambience of a moody moonlit cityscape. The source of light is of paramount importance, as if one looks towards a bright light in real life, the rest of the vision is blotted out. The light becomes your whole world. This is what the abstract artist will put onto his canvas.
The canvas itself is generally rectangular, though round and polygonal shapes may be used to even greater idiosyncratic effect. A stairwell, for instance, or an outdoor room may call for a more whimsical approach to the medium, and a round canvas may lend the appearance of a porthole to a wall and make for a fine conversation piece upon the occasion of your next party. If you have a hobby such as collecting figurines, why not include a painting of a figurine behind your display? Perhaps make it one of a figurine that you yearn to have and admire without actually owning it: a Faberge egg, for instance. Their intricacy and extreme value will showcase your taste, even as your own figurine collection pinpoints where your artistic tastes focus. An entire corner of your living room could be made into almost a small museum dedicated to your personal tastes in abstract art on canvas.
Taste is the ultimate arbiter of the d?�cor in our homes, and your interest in abstract art will become apparent to any visitor when he enters your home. The foyer is an excellent area to welcome your company into your inner sanctum, decorated in abstract art that bespeaks the real landscape of your sensibilities. Why not decorate as a museum would, with a theme in every important arena of activity? An abstract still life for the kitchen, lemons and apples and cherries done in bright splashes of color by an expert in the abstract style? The living room may hold a painting of a group of homes in a place you would someday like to visit, perhaps the angular whitewashed homes of a Greek village on the Adriatic coast. The possibilities are endless when you venture into the world of decorating with original art.