Designer’s Brief: Tarnya Hook

Sydney-based interior designer Suzanne Gorman creates sophisticated and achievable looks for these five works of art.

Tarnya Hook, Freedom, 2021. Acrylic on canvas, 121 x 151cm. Courtesy:the artist.

Tarnya Hook’s Freedom would work perfectly as the centre piece of a living room. Hung above a fire place, the colours and grid-like elements in the work would playfully juxtapose Kartell Lunam’s delicately curved sofa from Space Furniture, while Pierre Yovanovitch’s Low Back Flirting chair with turboplaned natural solid oak arms would add an architectural element to the space. The subtle and neutral palette of a hand spun Himalayan wool and pure silk rug from Robyn Cosgrove would compliment the white marble of the Bianca coffee table from Just Adele. Relying heavily on natural materials in this room will ensure Hook’s abstract work will hero.

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