I was contacted recently by one of my fine art collectors and shown one of my oil paintings displayed in a new frame. It brought to mind that there are many important qualities a larger oil on canvas can offer and the resulting look and feel of your home or office interior that I'd like to highlight here.
The material presence of paint on a substantially sized canvas is immediately apparent and the picture appears bigger than you, the viewer.
In extremes, if you hang a big picture, the depicted scene is of a broader than human scale. Simply, you are surrounded by the artwork, rather than you surrounding the art. The psychological effect is akin to how you might look out at nature, from within nature, as you are surrounded by this environment.
By creating a picture ‘window’ on your walls, you can feel it’s presence and energy. This is both an immersive physical effect and an effect from all the visual qualities of the painting.
This material and ‘flat screen’ power is one of the particular qualities they offer. Perhaps it is something you may have experienced visiting art galleries, where you view a large oil painting close up and you are surrounded by it’s aesthetic qualities.
The larger oil painting, with a bigger surface, can show a wider range of marks with greater contrast. With more space to work, an artist can use a broader brush and create more differences and contrasts in the size of the brushmarks.
Larger works, framed in a box frame surround and/or glazed can look spectacular and increase the impact of the hanging artwork. Creating a smart, modern art gallery effect to your interior.
An original oil hanging on your walls can give your space a particularly impressive and unique look that cannot be achieved in any other way. A gallery or feature wall occupied by a contemporary fine artwork will fill the room with the aesthetic qualities of the painting or image displayed. In addition, the substantial areas of colour, tone and brushstrokes will set the feel and atmosphere within your room.
Displaying a large artwork can transform your interior and is an investment in your home or office that has the potential to offer you something special and uniquely personal.
Published October 2020
