Art for art's sake

Art for art's sake, what does that line even mean ?  It is attributed to a Frenchman in the early 19th Century who adopted it as a slogan. The literal meaning of which goes over my head I'm afraid. 

Affordable Photographic Wall Art

I've always loved black and white photography. It seems to capture something about the subject that colour photographs don't.  My favourite picture of all time was a black and white one of me and my son on my wedding day.  These days I click away with my phone on a daily basis, storing hundreds and hundreds of pictures of my family.  On a recent visit to my mum's home and seeing all the photographs she has on display, I realised how few photographs we actually have around our own home.  Thanks to the nifty filters on my phone I am able to get all sorts of  effects so decided to print three black and white images of the boys and make them into wall art for the new utility room wall.

I bought these great value Ribba frames on a recent trip to IKEA.  perfect for the job. Really easy to take apart.

We had some photo quality paper at home.  I downloaded the photographs from my phone onto the computer and printed them off.  Cut them to size and stuck them onto the white mount.

Put the picture back together again.  Took me about 10 minutes to do all three.

 Can't wait to get them up on the new utility room wall.

March #StyleWise DIY Artwork

For this months #Stylewise post I decided to have a go at some DIY Art.

Original piece of art GIVEAWAY

To celebrate the beautiful coastal community I live in and to cheer everybody up with this awful weather and strees many people are suffering, I have decided to have a giveaway.

 I am really excited to offer this wonderful piece of original artwork by the very talented Linda Bartlett who sells a selection of her coastal themed work in my shop.  Linda is inspired by the beautiful seaside towns and villages of Devon and Cornwall.  Each painting is unique with its own individual design, colours and features.

The piece measures 12 inches (31 cms)  by 16 inches (41cms) and is painted in oils (I think)
Worth £100 it can be yours !

 All you have to do to be in with a chance to win is one of the below. 

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Giveaway closes on Tuesday 25th February at 4pm.  Open only to entrants from mainland UK only (sorry).

Winner will be picked by a random automated selector.

Good luck and Thank you.

Karen

The winner of the artwork giveaway drawn from all entrants on the blog, facebook and twitter is Kerrie Louise Preston.

Congratulations Kerrie, its a wonderful piece.  Please contact me with your address details .


         

This giveaway is now CLOSED

Thank you to all who took part.

Karen xx