Bring Art home

Yesterday I collected a piece of art I bought a few weeks ago by Melanie Alexandrou, it's a drawing of a Sea Gull. It is a nice simple good quality drawing which is refreshing. Mel graduated last year and in this show there was drawing, lino's and woodcuts; the graphic quality of her work is high as is her skill in these original print processes. The reason I have chosen to blog about this is after collecting the work I realised what a joy it is to bring it home, find a spot on your wall and even going through the process of hanging. I think there is an important link between this joy and the prospect of living with an artwork, the idea of placement and bringing art into your home to interact with it.



On top of this purchase for myself I even managed to pick up my first Christmas present from the show which is not something I usually start this early but I am looking forward to giving more original art to people this year.

Nathan