What a blast! First, I walked through the exhibit as is. Then, I had such a good time changing the wallpaper, seeing how the addition or deletion of a color actually changes on the wall. Perhaps this wasn’t the intent, but it made me see something new in art, which is always a good thing.
So then I changed the wallpaper to a color I’d like to tone down our living room to (and once again, playing with colors helped to see what I need), and I was caught off-guard at how some of the pieces that I saw at the actual exhibit, and saw again on the first tour, actually matched our walls and which ones didn’t – and was completely shocked at ones I hadn’t really pondered over before, but seeing them on the color wall I have (well, wish I had) was remarkable!
Let me just say, I know you and Nancy are going to get into a home art consultation business, I think this will help tremendously. I’m the kind of person who needs to actually see things – size, shape, color – and can’t visualize as well. Bob usually paints a few different boards for me, and then I take forever to decide. This is a wonderful tool. Just seeing the pieces in variation to each other size wise was a big help, but the color of the wall is key. When you get into that business, you may want to find a site that allows you to change the matte color too. Just a thought. I don’t know if such a site exists, but for people like me, we know we like something but may not know why. Then we bring it home, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t, and maybe a simple matte change or change of room color makes us love the piece even more. I’m the kind of person that when I fall in love with a painting or picture, I love it for life. I’m not the kind who changes furniture and room décor every 5 years. Not that that’s bad (sometimes I should!), but I get comfortable with a piece, and looking at it every day is like settling in for a visit with an old friend.