Art collecting tips
Art Print Mood Boards
Looking for ideas? Take a peek at my mood board videos. It can be hard to visualise how art prints will look once mounted and framed, and a mood board can help spark inspiration for your own perfect art gallery wall.
A striking artwork on your wall is more than decoration. Framed art prints are like windows; they are focal points to both look at and look through. They invite admiration, spark conversation, and bring positive energy to your home or workspace. My original fine art photography prints last a lifetime and will eventually become old friends.
An empty gap on your wall can lead to indecision. Consider simple choices: vibrant colours or muted monochromes? One bold statement piece or a curated collection of smaller prints? A symmetrical gallery wall or an informal mix? Whatever you choose will be rewarding, and you'll never regret investing in beautiful wall art for your everyday space. Over time, your art collection becomes part of the fabric of your environment, offering a comforting sense of continuity.
Your first purchase makes you an art collector. Each limited edition print is produced on gallery-quality heavyweight art paper for exceptional colour and detail. Buy art online with confidence - it arrives within days in sturdy recyclable packaging, with a unique signed and numbered certificate of authenticity included with every fine art print.
NEW: try before you buy. Use our Augmented Reality feature to preview life-size prints on your own wall.
The art of creative curation
Four key words to consider when collecting art are: colour, contrast, combination and cohesion.
Colour will attract the eye, vibrate with energy and give your space focal points. Try placing vibrant colours against more muted background palettes to enhance contrast and make them pop. Sometimes a dark image will look more subtle on a dark background , or vice versa. Monochromatic images will look great when paired together to create a serene sense of balance and calm. Or maybe try a bold analogous colour scheme in your space. This idea combines colours that sit next to each other on the colour wheel. For instance pair red with orange or yellow with green or blue with violet. Sometimes three different shades work well.
I tend to combine like with like to create cohesion. So a group of artworks might follow a similar theme in terms of palette, composition or subject matter. Images created as a series will always work well when hung together.
Although really there are no rules. Or at least if there are, they are there to be broken. The point of buying original limited edition art is that it becomes a creative outlet for your own self-expression. You are making your own decisions. Your art belongs to you. You become one of a small number of people in the world who own it, and how you choose to display it is entirely up to you!
See also Art in the Workplace
