Design Council: Kate Pittas

ART EDIT’S PANEL OF DESIGN EXPERTS ARE BURSTING WITH IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO HANG AND STYLE THIS ARTWORK IN YOUR HOME.

Suzanne Gorman

Kim Pearson

Brendan Wong

Landscape Stroll. Acrylic on canvas, 46 x 60cm.

SUZANNE GORMAN

Studio Gorman Interior Design, Sydney

This is a manic piece with colours splashed across the canvas and bold black outlining various shapes. The bright orange, yellow and white contrast against the darkness, evoking a sense of chaos. The heaviness of this artwork would work seamlessly in a moody formal dining room with textured seagrass wallpaper in elephant grey and a large walnut table. Lightness could be brought to the room with a display of amber glass objects and vases on the sideboard.

BRENDAN WONG

Brendan Wong Design, Sydney

This work has a spontaneous layering of pattern and colour with abstract landscape references. Even in the loose execution, the colours are balanced and sophisticated. I can imagine this hung above a matte timber console in a hallway, subtly lit by a plaster lamp. It is dynamic and energetic which is perfect to hang in a space which you move through frequently.

KIM PEARSON

Kim Pearson Design and Decoration, Perth

To me this abstract work and its palette reminds me of modernist expressionism: loose but with geometric foundations. I would love to see this piece in an intimate library, study or small sitting room with dark, richly painted walls. Put it above a wildly comfortable upholstered mohair or velvet armchair perhaps in the brilliant orange of the painting or a very dark graphite next to a dark timber sidetable filled with books and flowers. Then add a fabulous table lamp – dimmable of course.