Sunday, April 4, 2010

Two Art Quilts on the Wall

I have shown one of the quilts several times already. But this time there is the possibility to hang two of my works which fit very well together. As an example I chose this livingroom with a wonderful huge window which lets in a lot of light. This livingroom is reminiscent of a sunroom which I absolutely adore because it gives a feeling of having an inside garden where you could grow a lot of nice plants. Plants turn a room int something vivid.

The original art on the wall made the room a bit too conservative - I would prefer a bit more exotic touch, especially as the colour palette is quite subdued. But check for yourself. I have added a pic from the original room...

 original image source from http://www.getdecorating.com

the original image

The following image is the silk art quilt Buddha and you can read more about it here. It is an unusual piece as it consists of 2 top layers instead of one. In a way it is 3-dimensional.


"Buddha" 
38" x 34", Silk Art Quilt
©Petra Voegtle
Details of the second art quilt you can find here including detailed photos.

 "Apsaras"
52" x 69", silk art quilt
©Petra Voegtle
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Monday, March 22, 2010

A cosy Girl's Bedroom in Pink and a Red Door

This is a bedroom for girls but why not adding a piece of fine art - just to fuel a bit the phantasies - not the worst purpose of fine art . "What is behind the door"? Isn't this a question we are all asking when we see a closed door? Well - ready to make up a story around this... At least the originators of these doors and walls the painting has been inspired by are also still kids - more or less - students from University of Munich and their village.

image source House Beautiful

Unfortunately I did not receive permission to show you how this lovely room looks like with the painting which I fully understand. In my own world I would have placed the painting below between the 2 sconces. But I think you have enough imagination for seeing this possibility.

"Red Door"
(from the Reminiscences series)
26" x 18", acrylic
©Petra Voegtle

If you would like to know more about this painting Red Door please see this link. If you would like to see more paintings of this series please see here.
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Friday, March 19, 2010

A fresh Breeze from the Sea...

Normally I am not a fan of baby blue i.e. light blue especially not when - thank heaven - only middle aged underwear turned baby blue in the laundry because I forgot to take out a t-shirt that I had coloured myself in dark blue. Hmmm - the result was - disgusting. But this happens.
This sweet little bedroom made me somehow melt away and reminded me of clear summer days, with a fresh breeze from the sea. I just loved it. But of course I could not leave it as it was - I would add one of my paintings of course and thought of this one Contemplation on a Feather from the pigeon series. I just couldn't help about it...

Check out the pigeon series here if you like with lots of detail pics.

pending approval from My Home Ideas
please click here for the original image source

Contemplation on a Feather
(from the Pigeons series)
 

18" x 26" acrylic
©Petra Voegtle
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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Art for Sophisticated Interior

In case you did not know yet I created another little blog as a resource and selling platform for my (currently) art work so that it can easily be found, with lots of detail photos and little text. The images should speak for themselves.
Lots of keywords have been entered, so that you can look for colours, various media, themes, titles. Additionally I added a search function which also should help to find things quickly. I thought that this is much easier to handle than a website or a blog where you have to scroll through lots of text.
Nevertheless I am offering links to the descriptions and "making of" the pieces - in case you want to know - and links to this blog here with examples of rooms where the art could look simply great.

The idea of the additional blog came into my mind because I often find websites and blogs where it is absolutely not evident at all whether you can buy the objects that are shown and where you can buy it. Even contacts are sometimes difficult to find. You have to look around and search, it takes too much time and in the end I believe potential customers are simply frustrated and give up. I don't want to repeat these mistakes.

The subject "prices" though is an entirely different thing. Although my prices are fixed in general I still want to have a chance for negotiation on certain works. Prices are also dependant on shipping and insurance costs. I can guarantee though that I will answer any question regarding my work within 24 hours.


I would appreciate it very much if you would let me know what you think about this idea or whether you recognize any mistakes here...
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Thursday, March 11, 2010

No interior Design but a precious Accessory for your Bedroom

Interior Design has a lot to do with aesthetics. Even if a certain design may not represent your taste and preferences it still is about aesthetics.
Why do we collect all sorts of things? Because we find an object simply beautiful or because it is reminiscent of wonderful memories or because it spreads humour or because we affiliate a certain attitude with it. Quilts on the bed are an attitude. And it can be a wonderful aesthetic attitude for a room, especially when it is a heirloom or a precious piece such as this one - made of silk and handstitched with silk thread in many many hours.
(Don't forget to click on the image for enlargement)


“Chinoiseries”
91″ x 102″, Quilt,

Silk, handstitched
©Petra Voegtle


Below are some details of the working process. If you would like to know more about the "making of" this quilt read here




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