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How to Choose Art for Your Home

A Collector's Guide

By Matt Fawkes — Artist & Designer, Stroud

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Six chapters on choosing and living with original art

A practical guide written for anyone who loves the idea of owning art but isn’t sure where to start — from trusting your eye to living with a collection that grows with you.

01

Trust Your Response

Your first feeling about a work is your most reliable guide

02

Colour and Mood

How colour in art transforms the feeling of a room

03

Scale and Placement

Practical guidance on size, proportion, and the walls you have

04

Mixing Styles with Confidence

Why a personal collection can range as widely as your taste

05

Living With Art

The relationship between you and a piece changes over time

06

Starting Your Collection

A practical first step, whatever your budget

“The best art for your home is art that you consider, even after years.”

— from the guide

Matt Fawkes

About the author

Matt Fawkes

Artist & Designer · Stroud, Gloucestershire

Matt Fawkes is an English artist working in oils, printmaking, and sculpture from a studio outside Stroud. He studied at Edinburgh College of Art and Bath School of Art & Design, and has worked with internationally recognised figures in art and design before returning to his own practice.

This guide draws on his experience as both a practising artist and someone who has spent years thinking about how original work lives in domestic spaces.

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