How to Create Big Style in
a Small Space
Turn a small room into a focal point of your
house with these tips and tricks. Simple style and design elements will make
the room look larger, help the free-flow of traffic and make your room a space
you want to be in. mix a few key
pieces to create the illusion of a larger abode. Deck your walls with a selection
of folk art, or a contemporary original painting or print sized to fit your room.
.According to Wikipedia “Folk art encompasses art produced from an indigenous culture or by peasants or other laboring tradespeople. In contrast to fine art, folk art is primarily utilitarian and decorative rather than purely aesthetic. Characteristically folk art is not influenced by movements in academic or fine art circles, and, in many cases, folk art excludes works executed by professional artists and sold as "high art" or "fine art" to the society's art patrons.” The impression this quote gave me was that Folk Art was excluding Fine Art rather than the other way around.
PHEASANT THANKSGIVING
When I was first married, I spent a lot
of time making art with stitchery which I could bring to the office to work on
during lunch hours.I
Originally created this art as a
cross-stitch painting, and I spent many
hours over a long-ago Thanksgiving working on it while I was waiting for my
husband and the other men of the family to return from their annual Pheasant
hunt.
When I transferred it into an acrylic painting I reworked it to make it more
impressionistic.
