Fantasy Decorating with Art

I love, love decorating and decorating magazines.   At the end of a long day, I enjoy flipping through a decorating magazine; I don’t read the articles per se, I just love looking at the pretty pictures, visual candy.  Oftentimes, I imagine what my artwork would look like in the homes that are featured.  Here are a few ‘pairings’.  What do you think?

House Beautiful
Decoration by David Lawrence

Wouldn't 'Blue Belle' look great on the table behind this sofa, to help 'fill' the space between the curtains?

'Blue Belle'  by Shelly Hamill
E.S. Lawrence Gallery, Aspen, CO

The Tiffany Suite at the St. Regis in NY

I think the mirror on 'Miss Washington' would be smashing- no pun intended- to reflect all the crystal on the table and the decadent beads hanging from the chandelier. 

'Miss Washington' by Shelly Hamill
In Private Collection

Architectural Digest, August 2011

The circles on the linens and the circles on 'Roxy' would be really fun together.

'Roxy' by Shelly Hamill
Embler Gallery, Laguardia Adimiral's Club NY

Veranda Magazine

It would be great to see 'Miss Nantucket' reflected in that beautiful mirror and to play off the blue and white ginger jars.

'Miss Nantucket' by Shelly Hamill
BlueStone Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Miss Nantucket

'Miss Nantucket'

The blue and white china win my favor again.  I love reading decorating magazines.  Chances are good, somewhere in just about any decorating magazine, you will find a beautiful magazine spread featuring a home with blue and white decorating, or at the very least, a blue and white ginger jar as a special accent on a table or shelf.   Blue and white show up everywhere. 

It seems a little crazy to name a piece 'Miss Nantucket' when she is being photographed immediately after a huge snowstorm, but the sailor collar, and perhaps my want for warmer days, make me think of sailing.  She makes me think of the interior of a beautiful home on the waters of the shore.  Perhaps she is enjoying a cool, refreshing drink and shading herself under her parasol.  Perhaps.

'Miss Nantucket'

22 H x 12 W

Available at the Artists Project NY

Pier 92, March 17-20, 2011