Buying paintings for your home is the first step in adding your personal touch to an interior decoration. Decorating your personal living space is a vital need; we all want to live in a space that makes us feel good and relaxed. Our homes are small havens and sanctuaries; therefore displaying art in your home is a way to personalize and mark the space you live in. Modern art paintings are a great way to make your space breathe artistic creation and style.
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The visual art movement known as Pop Art began in Britain during the middle of the 1950s. It later moved into the United States culture by the end of this same decade. Pop Art paintings are usually of characters that are popular in advertising, comic books, and anyone else who plays a large part in mass culture. Irony tends to be used extensively in Pop Art design. Even the most mundane objects can be painted or drawn in such a way that they are truly a work of art.
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Andy Warhol, Pop Art, United States
Perhaps you’ve seen a lot of paintings already and out of the paintings you’ve seen, you appreciate only a few of them. You see, there are different painting styles and techniques used by painters. One of these styles is abstract art paintings. When you say abstract art paintings, not many appreciate it probably because of its different style and not so ordinary appearance. But despite the oddness of such painting style, you should not judge it at first sight. Instead, you should try to understand why it was painted.
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Abstract Expressionism, Action Painting, New York, Van Gogh
I am not an artist, art history major, nor was I raised around art and been an art buff all my life. But, I have been learning a lot more about art lately, and my ability to appreciate abstract art paintings has increased over the past few months. As many lay people who do not know much about art, I would look at a Jackson Pollock piece and say, “my kid could paint that!”. But in my heart I knew that was not true, and silently I liked and admired his work.
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Abstract Expressionist, Fairhaven Originals Gallery, Jackson Pollock, Lea Kelley
The wildlife art is the major form of art that attracts the wide range of animal lovers. More and more artists are inspired and enjoy the creative challenge of capturing their experiences about wildlife. The animal species that have diminished from the earth stimulate the artists to create interesting fine art combinations. Such wildlife art provide the information and preserved the beautiful ancient species. The decorative wildlife art paintings reflect their love for wildlife, nature and wilderness habitat. Have a look at few original creations of wildlife art paintings:
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ARCHAEOPTERYX, DODO, Dove Peace, SHOEBILL