Well it finally has happened - I had been working from home for years and managed to stay away from the big city for all but one or at worst two nights a week, but now with downsizings and everyone having to work longer hours just to stay afloat, I have decided to sell up in the country and buy a loft in the city.
The problem is that a lot of the furniture and all of my artwork from the country wont go in a modern loft apartment. I need to find big paintings at an affordable price, and go with the gallery wrap idea, so I dont pay extra for ornate frames.
I eventually have decided to go with a series of works by Mark Rothko, which are really attractive, and I have a kind of industrial theme from Fernand Leger. I’ve gone for a series of Rothko’s, in really large size, just to get the main loft walls covered, Light Earth and Blue, Blue and Gray, and I’ve put Light Red over Black in the middle. I hope the effect will be striking, with complimentary primary colors together.
For the Leger’s I have ordered 2 that reflect his industrial theme, The Constructors, and The Stairway. Even though the paintings were painted over 35 years apart, the colors are surprisingly similar and complement the Rothko’s too.