Art on your walls...

[jdw1234]

Do any of you lot have any nice artwork on your walls?

Obviously dont give away your location, but care to share some pics??

[IanMorewood]

Yep priceless stuff painted by the kids.

[singlecoil]

We've bought three paintings, one a year, all by the same local artist, at an annual art show that is held in a town a few miles from here.

That's what I would advise people interested in having nice pictures to do, seek out a local art show and go and see if there is anything there that they fancy. We particularly like the ones we have bought and will be going to the show this year to see if there are any more that we like as much.

[illmonkey]

A Doug Hyde, a personal message written to the other half and signed by him when we collected it. And a Duncan McGregor. The rest is cheaper stuff we've got on holidays wtc.

[Pooky67]

Got a panoramic photo canvas of the sea front of my home town. It's nearly three metres wide and as soon as I saw it I knew I had to have it :-)

[Kneetrembler]

We have a Seascape Painting called "The Mull of Kintyre" by the Scottish Artist Frances Macdonald which is 2 mtrs x 1.8 mtrs

[Piglet]

We've got quite a collection of Motorsport artwork from Francois Bruere see website http://www.orpheograff.com/

with some local stuff as well we've just about run out of wall space!

[tom_loughlin]

I've got a few laser cut steel portraits in my living room. Dave Grohl, Pete Doherty and Kelly Jones - I was a bit quiet in work one day, so designed it, and got it cut and powder coated :-) Everyone who comes round comments on them... although most don't know who they are

[bigandclever]

Various prints of 'street art' (think French Banksy's), a couple of Edwyn Collins bird pictures (drawn as part of his physiotherapy after his strokes) and lots of arty photos by the missus. This was our most recent 'big' purchase, an unnecessarily expensive lithograph print:




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Edited by bigandclever on Thursday 29th November 12:42

[z4chris99]

Fair bit, just got a hirst today and have a chest of stuff I need to get framed

Edited by z4chris99 on Thursday 25th October 19:56

[NightRunner]

My favorite other thing is this:

[jdw1234]

tom_loughlin said:

I've got a few laser cut steel portraits in my living room. Dave Grohl, Pete Doherty and Kelly Jones - I was a bit quiet in work one day, so designed it, and got it cut and powder coated :-) Everyone who comes round comments on them... although most don't know who they are

That sounds awesome.

[jdw1234]

That Stephenson portrait is amazing.

Some awesome stuff.

Z4, we seem to have similar tastes...








(that is an old picture - no christmas tree up yet!!!!)

Edited by jdw1234 on Friday 26th October 09:55

[pidsy]

Got a lot, no particular single style: from the obligatory Banksy print to signed pencil drawings, huge original painting in my front room signed.

And...

A load of fantastic framed photography by some very talented PH'ers.

I love artwork, cant stand going to someones house and seeing bare walls.

[justin220]

jdw1234 said:

tom_loughlin said:

I've got a few laser cut steel portraits in my living room. Dave Grohl, Pete Doherty and Kelly Jones - I was a bit quiet in work one day, so designed it, and got it cut and powder coated :-) Everyone who comes round comments on them... although most don't know who they are

That sounds awesome.

Indeed! Any pics?

[Gaspode]

singlecoil said:

We've bought three paintings, one a year, all by the same local artist, at an annual art show that is held in a town a few miles from here.

That's what I would advise people interested in having nice pictures to do, seek out a local art show and go and see if there is anything there that they fancy. We particularly like the ones we have bought and will be going to the show this year to see if there are any more that we like as much.

Yep, this is what we do. We buy nice prints, photographs, and original artworks from local artists, nothing expensive, just stuff we like. I don't think we've paid more than 100 quid for anything.

[pidsy]

The affordable art fair is on this weekend in battersea and next weekend in hampstead - well worth a look.

[Bungleaio]

I've got a print by Laurence Coulson. I can't afford an original of his yet but I will have one in the future.

[LordHaveMurci]

Lots of Doug Hyde, Fabian Perez, Paul Horton, Mackenzie Thorpe, Joy Kirton-Smith & Nel Whatmore amongst others.

Many not framed, really should sell some on & get some more framed & hung!

[NightRunner]

jdw1234 said:

That Stephenson portrait is amazing.

Thanks, it's the only bit of 'art' that I've bought, cost ~£500 at auction a few years ago.

We've got loads of stuff around the house that's been handed down, don't like it much though -probably the reason why half of it Isn't up!