Where do I put a painting? Or, I want a painting, but I don't really have anyplace for it to go!

Do you have a sofa? A bed? A dining room? Then yes, you have a place for a painting and yes, you need one!

Anyone with any sort of living room with a sofa has a wall that needs to be personalized. If you have a room that you live in, relax in, entertain yourself or others in, you have space and a wall that needs a painting. And a sofa is always a great place to start. If you have something there now, think about what it is. I suggest anything under glass should go. A sofa is a solid structure, and it needs a stretched and framed painting above it. It needs something with weight and presence. Something that will engage in conversation with your life within the room and yet at the same time bring you to another place. (This is why artits are visionaries. More on this later.) Think about yourself, and what paintings speak to you, don't overthink the sofa thing--and please ignore the decorator. You arent' matching colors and styles, you are looking for something that is a reflection of you. Who cares about matching when you are considering an original painting?

The same goes for the bedroom. Do you have a bed? I am sure you do! You need a painting to place over the headboard. Again, nothing speaks elegance and class like an original oil painting. Your bed is probably the most functional piece of furniture you own, you spend more time in your bed than any other piece of furniture in the house, so please consider your artwork here. Get rid of that sport print under glaring glass. Or that print that the decorator suggested. Get yourself into an art gallery and look at real paintings and put something of magnitude there. Don't you want to get the best rest possible? Then hang a beautiful painting over your headboard and wake up under it each morning.