Wake Up Your Walls With Art

From Beth on August 3rd, 2009 in Painting

Art is for life. Buy quality art and you will never tire of it. I have walked into homes where I immediately sense an off-balanced feeling, and it’s usually due to the art on the walls. It’s either the wrong size for the wall space, the colors clash with the frame, or better yet, the whole thing clashes with the wall paint.

The key is finding quality art that is timeless, offers a sense of balance and ultimately gets hung on an appropriately sized wall (in proportion to the art piece.)

Featured artist

If you really want to wake up your walls (especially if they’re plain white), then you’ll love the colorful art by Robin Hiers. My home is a Robin Hiers art gallery. I literally have 18 of her pieces. Every room in my home is painted a different color from sage to gold to pale blue, and her art goes perfectly with all of them.

Robin’s choice of mediums include oils, pastels, and acrylic, and her artistic style is compared to Matisse with a dab of David Hockney. Besides the artwork that’s featured on Robin’s website, she also offers commission art.

Here are a few of Robin’s pieces:

Visit the Robin Hiers online gallery!

2 Responses to “Wake Up Your Walls With Art”

Amazing Decor Solutions for Renters | Calfinder Remodeling Blog Says:

August 3rd, 2010 at 12:42 pm

[...] a collection of art—haute and cheap—can immediately give personal style and chic to your place. The white walls [...]

An Interview with Erin Loechner – Design Blogger | Calfinder Remodeling Blog Says:

September 2nd, 2010 at 8:55 am

[...] Hello, CalFinder! I’m Erin Loechner, a freelance design blogger with a penchant for art, culture and inspiring finds. You can find all three of those things (and more) at my daily design blog, Design for Mankind, but for now, I’m here to share a few of my all-time favorite wall installations. [...]

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Beth Flanagan
Beth Flanagan is a freelance writer based in Modesto, California. She grew up in the Santa Cruz Mountains in the picturesque town of Ben Lomond. In conjunction with writing articles for CalFinder.com she balances her time raising her two sons, Nidal and Ryan, and is tackling her first attempt at screenplay writing. Her background consists of seventeen years in the advertising business as both an account executive and a copy writer for television, radio, and print ads. Her hobbies are photography, working with Photoshop, and research. She surfed competitively during the 70s and 80s and, after the birth of her firstborn son, she left surfing for tamer sports: tennis and golf.