“Lifted Higher” 18×24
Is your art just a pretty face on a dull wall? Contrary to popular belief, whatever you put on your wall should be more than a splash of color to brighten your room. Art in whatever media and form should speak to you and your guests. More than paint or pastel, photography or pottery, art’s job is to transport. I am not suggesting that everyone’s art should look the same. Or be liked by everybody. Just as one person’s music is another person’s noise, art collections are as unique as the individual collecting them.
What I am saying is that when you buy art you are purchasing more than color, line, texture, and composition.
Visual art is a change catalyst.
Visual art changes atmospheres. A gloomy room becomes lighter and more vibrant when a painting full of bold, bright colors is added to the environment.
Visual art changes moods. One look at an uplifting painting can shift a depressed spirit to one full of hope.
Visual art transports. Look at a painting of a waterfall painted in cool tones of deep green and blue on a hot day, and suddenly the day is not as stifling.
Visual art that speaks to the heart and soul is not necessarily found in the pages of a Pottery Barn catalog or on the walls of Restoration Hardware. It’s not even found in Anthropologie or IKEA. Just because a print, poster, or piece of original art “goes with” a certain vignette featured in any of the above does not make it the right choice for you, the end user.
Want to make a difference in your own life? Pick wall jewelry that uplifts, transports, and inspires you. What you spend matters not. A $5.00 note card that makes you smile is as valuable as a $5000 painting that does the same.
Want to make a difference in your life? Make a difference in your art. You will thank me in the end.
Deborah Gall 