Saturday, January 22, 2011

My big blank wall


This wall, left, has been neglected since I moved into my house, over three years ago. Various things have hung on it, none has looked right. Then, after interviewing Tricia Guild, famous for her bold use of colour, I was inspired to paint it – but only got as far as a lot of tester pots, none of which quite worked. Then I bought a new sofa that threw a spanner in the whole works by being green. So I've just tried to avert my eyes amid the indecision. And then I found this...












...a reproduction of this stunning 1762 painting 'Whistlejacket', by George Stubbs – the original of which hangs in the National Gallery. You can buy this and all sorts of other wonderful treasures in print form, as a canvas, or as a paste-to-the-wall mural from Surface View. I think a huge version (around 1.5m x 1.5m) would look stunning on the aforementioned troublesome wall. I'd like a framed print. Can't afford that right now (it's a few hundred in the size I want). Not sure the mural option (under £100) would quite work as it won't fill the entire wall... I shall investigate further. Meanwhile, do let me know what you think – and have a browse at Surface View's spectacular collection for yourselves.

What a beauty: image available from Surface View

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