ART of Life with Maya Apostoloska

THE ART OF LIFE WITH MAYA

MAYA APOSTOLOSKA Interior Art Deco

How to add an artistic note in your home? How do I choose the right artwork? Always pick (wall) art that you love.

It may be a presentation of flowers to make your naked wall more dramatic and colourful, or maybe you admire the animals and you want a painting of an animal to hang on your wall? Maybe you want Budda to give you more peace and a spiritual feeling in the room? Perhaps landscapes or sea paintings as a lovely memory from your last family vacation?

Every space needs a touch of art. In this article, I will share some valuable tips on decorating with fine art.

Our home extends ourselves, transmitting our personality and individuality. Proper decorated surroundings can affect our mood and inspire our state of mind, simultaneously enjoying bringing inspiration to others with our distinct style and ideas. Artistic expression and individuality are beautiful, powerful things. We’re all unique and deserve to have inspiring spaces to live in that reflect who we are to our guests.

How much importance do you put on wall art when decorating a room? At what point in your design process do you usually select your art? Art in the interior design should never be an afterthought. By relegating art to the sidelines, you are missing out on an amazing design opportunity. (Wall) art matters the most in interior design. When wall art has such a prominent role in your design plans and selected thoughtfully and accurately, art can provide for the entire room one harmonious interior. Art is that little extra touch that can make the space/ room appear finished and complete.

Incorporate art that you love and will make you happy seeing hang on your wall is the one properly selected for your interior. The art or décor piece has to fit in with the decorating style that you’ve already chosen for the room. Once you have found a painting or wall hanging art you absolutely love, you can use that piece as the inspiration for your room’s eventual pallet. Art provides an instant colour palette and has to bring out the accent colours in the room. Choose the dominant colour, and a few additional shades that you’d like to pull out as an accent. It’s difficult to narrow down the possibilities into the colours that best fit your vision for the space, but always keep only one dominant colour.

A brilliant piece of wall art or a single design element creates a focal point in the space. It is the eye catcher for? your soul. The art piece has to be in the right size and to fit the measurements of the wall or the space available for it. A huge size painting needs prominent space for it to be noticed from a distance. Smaller paintings are easily lost when hung on a big wall, and in that case combining next to each other more of them is a better solution.

Combination of art in a variety of different mediums helps, bringing a varying sense of texture into the space. Considering pieces like sculptures, small mixed media installation and digital art beside two-dimensional prints or paintings in the space is emphasising the sense of the texture and brings an additional sense of depth to the room. The texture is adding a visual weight to the interior and is helping to determine the tone of the room or how it feels: rough makes space more grounded and intimate while smooth brings a sleeker aloof tone to the room.

Every wall art deserves the respect to be hung or installed properly in a specific location. Always try to place the painting centre on a height level of the eyes or somewhere 2/3 of the wall. Another huge element to consider is lighting. Ideally positioning is in no direct sunlight. Sun rays can drain a picture of its vibrant colour and the painting can fade. Paintings are easily cleaned with a feather duster (they require no cleaning products). Humidity in the space can damage any artwork made from natural materials.

Many people are being overwhelmed in decorating with cheaper mass-produced art like printed reproductions because they don’t have experience in visiting galleries. Buying original and unique pieces of art is simple and easier nowadays, because of the internet opportunities to visit online galleries, finding amazing original art works and easily making connections directly with the artists.

Some artists will take offense at limiting their creativity by the colour of a couch. Professionals, however, embrace constraints and know that art never lives in a vacuum. When I ask most of my client’s what art movement, they like best, I am getting a blank stare. I am continuing the conversation by choosing between simple or complex abstract: energetic pictures with lots of movement or more calming pieces vs. representational. If they lean towards representational than the subject matters: landscapes, seascapes, scenes from history. Then follows the style and the mood: more realistic or more of an interpretation of the subject.

A painting or art piece has to speak to you and suit a room in a way that will both let your personality shine and showcase the piece simultaneously. Being surrounded by art that speaks to you is incredibly inspiring and can improve your own creativity as productivity. Paintings express our personality and feeling, and they should represent who we are.

Every potential art lover has first to think about the styles they like and the emotions they want the art to portray or evoke. We have to understand how to apply artwork as interior decorations, otherwise, you can always arrange an interior designer to help you with