GRAND DESIGNS LIVECreating an exciting interior with art: Tips & tricks

to finish your home in style

Intimidating

Boggling Choice

Opaque

People Need a Trusted Guide

What About

the Rest of Us?

The biggest Art Retailer Globally…

Selling cheap posters and canvas prints

Buyers Guide To Art

Why Buy Art?

Aesthetics & Design

Investment

Ego?

Support Young Artists

Myth: Real art is too expensive

What Type of Art to Buy?

Prints & Multiples

Sculpture

Paintings

When assessing Art

Created by the artist

Signed, Numbered if edition

Look out for: Fancy Jargon, Canvas Wrap, repro

Pricing & Discounts

FRAMING

- Always Use Archival Materials

- Avoid Dry Mounting

- Keep it Simple

- Non Reflective Glazing?

- Avoid cheap diffusion

- TVAR – Tru Vue Optium Acrylic

- Glass vs. Acrylic

- Not framing immediately? Store Flat

Window Mounting

- Elegant look for abstract & figurative works

- Useful to fill a larger space

- Tends to be more pricy than other options

Floating

- Great for works with hand torn, rough edges

- With acid free tape provides a floating / rippling effect

- Can slip with age

Box Frame

- Provides depth

- Great for works with borders and sharp edges

- Spacer holds works in place

Hanging Your Art

150cm to the center of workHanging from String vs. D-RingsConsider Lighting in Room

Caring For Artwork

Make A Statement

Displaying Art:

Small works make a big impact

Kristjana S. Williams

Robert Hind

Gina Soden

Kristin Gaudio-Endsley

Mat Cahill

Try-Before-You-Buy – Art Rentals

Art For Care

Thank You!

Scott Phillipsask@riseart.com - Use GDL in Subject

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