What do you do when you've bought some lovely pieces of art, yet the art looks so heavy by the black card put around it?
If you scroll down, you'll find the first installment to this story...
Poor Ganesh and the Goddess of Knowledge were sadly dampened by the heavy black card around them, when I bought them on holiday in Bali in January.
When changing from black matts, one solution is to go either side of black; either to charcoal grey, or a warm grey/brown with the matt. The darker tone makes the lighter areas of the image stand out and the softer tone helps the artwork to speak and breathe.
On my paintings here, I used a deep warm/grey outer matt and a warm peach cream inner matt. Finally, these lovely paintings were finished off with a dark, carved timber frame, for a rich asian-inspired decorative effect!
It's so exciting to have new artworks on my wall at home! Especially ones that remind me of such a great holiday!
