Art for the Office

Desert Arteries, 24 x 48 x 3 inches, Acrylic on Wood.
Copyright 2006 Mary Gravelle. In private collection, Tucson, Arizona USA.

I recently sold one of my southwestern landscape paintings to be hung in a new office space in Tucson, Arizona. Desert Arteries is 24 x 48 x 3 inches and an acrylic landscaping painting on wood. It's a handsome piece, or perhaps, pretty, since it's pink.

There is a possibility that more of my southwestern paintings will be purchased for the same office. The person who bought this painting is a friend. Not only does she love my paintings, but also wants them to be seen by the international audience that will be coming through the office space. It's always nice to have a champion of my art go to bat for me.

Original paintings lend themselves to commercial spaces such as offices, lobbies, or healing centers as well as personal home spaces. The energy that emanates from the original paintings enhance and uplift the ambience of any space.

"Original works of art have certain energies about them that reproductions and mass-produced decorative items simply don't have. You know just by looking at it that another human being made it, and not a machine." – http://www.artbusiness.com/whatgood.html

Follow the link from the above quote to find many more reasons for owning art, especially in the workplace.

What are your observations about original paintings hanging in office spaces? Does it detract or attract your attention and interest in that office? How does it affect your time spent there?

To see more of my southwestern landscape paintings, go to my website.

Until Next Week

• Create art
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Mary Gravelle (Braylee Rush)

The handsome, Sir Kitty. Meow.

About the author: Braylee Rush (Mary Gravelle) is an artist and writer who resides in Sedona, Arizona with her beloved assistant, Sir Kitty.

SOLD Purple Mountains Majesty Acrylic Painting

Purple Mountains Majesty, 30 x 34 inches,
Acrylic on Canvas.
Copyright 2007 Mary Rush Gravelle.
Prints Available.

It's always great to report when I sell a painting, which happened during this past week.

This painting has been my signature painting, gracing the header of this blog and at times, my art website, business cards, art show invitations, etc.

It is a southwestern landscape scene from Silver City, New Mexico. I hiked many times there, a place called Boston Hill, an open space area created by bicyclists so they would have a place to ride. It is open for hikers as well. It's a beautiful place. I painted several paintings of my favorite hiking haunts there.

I am grateful to the art collector who lives in Sedona, Arizona for purchasing this painting. It was love at first sight when she saw it. I wish her many happy years of living with it and looking at it hanging in her living room above her fireplace mantle. Her cat immediately jumped up on the mantle and sat there erect and still as if to say that the painting was home.

I want to hear from you!

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Mary Rush Gravelle

Until Next Week

Sir Kitty

• Create art
• Appreciate art
• Buy art

About the author: Mary Rush Gravelle is an artist who resides in Sedona, Arizona with her beloved cat, Sir Kitty.