Go Big and Stay Home.

The painting on the left is in the Artist’s collection. Contact me if you are interested in it.

Painting on the right, Sheep River Falls, 48 x 48, on canvas Available at Bluerock Gallery in Black Diamond, Alberta.

I don’t have room for big paintings.

I’ve heard this so many times. People love big paintings but think that they don’t have room for them. "My house is too small."

"It would overtake the room, I think."

"If only I had more room."

But you have room for a couch. And there’s space above that couch to hang something up.

This painting is 36 inches by 60 inches. It is available at Bluerock Gallery, Black Diamond.

Big paintings make great statement pieces.

They can also add scale and grandeur to a room. I have a gallery wall in my living room. That’s where the paintings hang before they head out to the galleries. There’s a difference between a collection of small paintings and a few large paintings. In fact, it surprised me to see that the large pieces actually made the room look bigger.

To illustrate that point, I’ve been taking pictures of my big paintings and using my Lazyboy wingback chair for scale.

Painting is 48 x 36 inches. Available at Bluerock Gallery, Black Diamond, Alberta

Now let’s get back to hanging that painting above your couch.

Artists don’t want to hear that you are picking out a painting

because it matches your couch.

I once had someone tell me they bought art and then decorated around it. That means matching the couch to the painting, instead of the other way around. When buying art, what you should do is buy something that moves you. Something that you feel an emotional connection to.

Something that hits you in the gut.

You can always slipcover the furniture if it really clashes.

This painting is 48 x 48 inches. It is available at Bluerock Gallery in Black Diamond, Alberta.

This painting is in the Artist’s collection. If you are interested please contact me.