What are the most popular painters to hang over one's escritoire?

MDLP · Apr 8, 2006

For me, it's a still from a Brothers Quay short, Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights, Dahli's The Persistence of Memory, a Renoir self-portrait (I rather fancy myself the next May Sarton :Shrug:

), a couple of Monet pieces and a photo of my special friend. I find that non-literary media is often a wonderful stimulus for my writing, be it constipated or gushing freely. I lose myself in the paintings and start seeing things that I didn't even know were there or my imagination is filling in, like Alice suddenly noticing the little door at the bottom of the rabbit hole or the little bottle ("Drink Me"). Or I'll listen to John Williams and strange phantoms will sing to me, begging me to flesh them into characters, like Longfellow's The Skeleton In Armor.

So, what are some popular pieces to hang over one's computer or Selectrix?

What, if anything, graces your work space

rich · Apr 8, 2006

Ooops. Had to look up escritoire. My first thought was that the piece would have to hang somewhere between my genitals and my navel. I was concerned about nailing a picture hanger into my belly button. I'm much relieved that it's a desk.

I'd hang a pix of me scratching my head, with a smaller portrait of my muse--just to piss her off.

Zolah · Apr 8, 2006

I have 'O Ye, All Ye Who Walk in the Willow Wood' by Margaret MacDonald Macintosh (Rennie Macintosh's wife) in my writing area. It's a beautiful print of an arts and crafts tapestry, and I can always see a couple of my own characters hiding in it:

The other thing hung nearby is a really huge print by Kenneth Ray Wilson which shows a grassy path through a sand-dune, flooded with golden afternoon sunlight. I can't find any pictures of it online now (although I did buy it from Allposters about six years ago) but it's so beautiful that I transposed it almost directly into my first novel.

MDLP · Apr 8, 2006

Zolah said:
I have 'O Ye, All Ye Who Walk in the Willow Wood' by Margaret MacDonald Macintosh (Rennie Macintosh's wife) in my writing area. It's a beautiful print of an arts and crafts tapestry, and I can always see a couple of my own characters hiding in it:

The other thing hung nearby is a really huge print by Kenneth Ray Wilson which shows a grassy path through a sand-dune, flooded with golden afternoon sunlight. I can't find any pictures of it online now (although I did buy it from Allposters about six years ago) but it's so beautiful that I transposed it almost directly into my first novel.

My, that's gorgeous :e2writer:

Scribhneoir · Apr 8, 2006

My escritoire is located in front of a big window, so nothing hangs above it, but I do get to gaze at a pepper tree and two lovely swaying palms. Other walls in the room are decorated with my needlework.

willietheshakes · Apr 8, 2006

Since the police have been watching the house, I've had to stop hanging painters anywhere near my escritoire. It's now a special hobby reserved for my cabin in the woods...

PattiTheWicked · Apr 8, 2006

I have a framed map of Rohan and Gondor. It's not exactly high art, but it's awfully cool.

SC Harrison · Apr 8, 2006

I think it was Leonardo that did this. It was definitely one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, of that I am sure:

Birol · Apr 8, 2006

I have maps hanging above mine.

janetbellinger · Apr 8, 2006

I have a picture of butterflies and dragonflies,that says "Dream," which was embroidered by a very special young lady. On an opposite wall, I have a painting of poppies, painted by a friend of my mother. The artwork which inspires me most though, besides my own, is a big print of a lion.

Sage · Apr 8, 2006

anime wallscrolls & pics I drew myself of my characters

Anya Smith · Apr 8, 2006

I have a large framed poster of Einstein over my desk, and one of my own landscapes I didn't sell yet.

Anya Smith · Apr 8, 2006

Sage said:
anime wallscrolls & pics I drew myself of my characters

That's very nice, Sage.

How do you post a picture in the body of the thread. I have lots of my characters I did on Photoshop.

Sage · Apr 8, 2006

Anya Smith said:
That's very nice, Sage.

How do you post a picture in the body of the thread. I have lots of my characters I did on Photoshop.

Thanks

To add a pic, reply to the thread using advanced. Way under where you type the text & the submit/preview buttons, there's an "attach files" section. (If you edit your previous post, I believe the option will show up too).

Chacounne · Apr 8, 2006

I have a charcoal drawing of my dad, in armour, with his helm under his arm, done by a friend, and my husband's SCA Court Barony scroll.

Just my two cents,
Chac

MacAllister · Apr 8, 2006

I have a stuffed and mounted javelina head. Snarling.

And a Winslow Homer print.

Sentia · Apr 8, 2006

willietheshakes said:
Since the police have been watching the house, I've had to stop hanging painters anywhere near my escritoire. It's now a special hobby reserved for my cabin in the woods...

Bwahahahaha!

HoosierCowgirl · Apr 8, 2006

I have art projects and 4-H posters made by my kids.

And a Winchester ammo box where I keep all of our bills and receipts.

Ann

cwfgal · Apr 8, 2006

My desk sits in front of a window overlooking a river. In the small wall space above the window are framed cover flats from my pubbed novels...gifts from a friend that provide me with motivation from time to time.

Beth

Zolah · Apr 9, 2006

"My, that's gorgeous :e2writer:

"

Well, I think so...

James D. Macdonald · Apr 9, 2006

Gustave Dore, from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner:

Maryn · Apr 9, 2006

I have poster-sized photographs above my work area. On the left, "Solitude" by David Lorenz Winston (see it here ) and on the right, "Sunburst" by John Gavrilis (see it here).

I swear, neither one was as mass-marketed when I got them as they seem now. Although, come to think of it, I don't even really see them any more, which suggests that it's time for a change.

Maryn, blind to what lies before her

rich · Apr 9, 2006

Two small Buddhas, a Bengal tiger, and two white elephants--all alive and messing up my book shelves.

ChunkyC · Apr 10, 2006

No paintings or prints. My little office is crammed with bookshelves. I keep the ever-burgeoning group of tomes written by my friends at eye level in the bookshelf closest to my desk, and dream of the day a novel with my name on the cover will join them.

Chickenchargrill · Apr 10, 2006

James D. Macdonald said:
Gustave Dore, from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner:

I used to own Gustav Dore Library from 1880. Beautiful works. I had to part with it as I was terrified of it being ruined, it also needed a little bit of restoration I couldn't afford. I miss it though.

Painters? My daughters stuff. Most of the images on the walls are photographs that I have took.

What are the most popular painters to hang over one's escritoire?

MDLP

rich

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MDLP

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