Anaty
I’ve been admiring the works of Indigenous artist Jeannie Mills Pwerl for some time, especially her Anaty collection or also known as the Desert Yam.
I love Jeannie’s bold and colourful strokes of the Bush Yam. Every artwork is a different variation of colours, from earthy tones to pink and purple hues. It was love at first sight when I saw this piece.
We had the canvas stretched before we decided to hang it up by the dining corner.
I find that the problem with me marrying a tall husband (or him marrying a short Asian wife) is that we can never agree on the perfect height to hang anything. What may be the perfect height for him, always seems so high up for me. This problem is of course bugging me slightly…so if anyone has any tips and advice on how to hang a picture up at a “reasonable” height, please let me know.
But still…the painting is very sweet, yes? I would like to hang a cuckoo clock somewhere near the painting and bookcase. I hope we can find one during our Euro trip. I also hope that Rich will hang it up for me a tad lower this time!
April 4th, 2011 at 11:40 am
Normally I’d say yes, it’s a tad high but you have the balance of that tall bookcase. I think it works well. ;D
April 4th, 2011 at 11:40 am
Oh Helena, it is so lovely! I love the colours!
Good luck finding a cuckoo clock – i bought one from Germany and I love it so much!
April 4th, 2011 at 11:47 am
Paintings should be hung at eye level. I have strong feelings about this!! I’d like to see the bottom edge of this painting sitting somewhere between the top of that picture with the black frame and the bottom shelf with the blue box on it. At the very least, in line with that shelf.
(These things, and especially laying floor coverings, were sent to cause marital friction.)
April 4th, 2011 at 12:41 pm
http://www.caku-art.com/hanging-a-painting.html
lol. that might help!
ultimately it’s how it sits best in a room in relation to the furniture, surroundings and lighting that’s important i reckon!
April 4th, 2011 at 3:03 pm
thanks girls for the tips xoxo! I may have to replace the painting with a longer portrait painting to compensate for the height…or do some other adjustment! I hope my husband reads this post..I’m sure he’ll say it’s not him…but that the painting is too small!
April 11th, 2011 at 5:24 pm
Maybe you guys just need to buy really massive paintings from now on. Or in twos, or threes. I like art hung in threes. One at Big Mo height, one at Little Mo height and one in between.
May 1st, 2011 at 4:06 pm
Hi Helena,
Only just saw this post. I used to work in a gallery and did a course on this so I can tell you!! The middle of the painting should be at eye level. This averages out at 1.65 m.
If you are hanging two or more works one on top of the other then the centre of the grouping of works including any gaps between them should be at 1.65m. There are formulas to use to take into account the hanging hooks on the back of the work and how far down from the top of the work they are, but as a rule, just try and get the middle of the work at 1.65m.
I hang all the works in our house!! lol.
p xx