Rustam QBic 🇷🇺 Street Artist • New Painting • For Sale, by davievegas on May 21, 2015 17:21:27 GMT 1,

May 21, 2015 13:39:39 GMT 1 11 said:

May 15, 2015 9:22:56 GMT 1 Coach said:

I have been giving davievagas' post some further thought. I guess that different people collect in different ways.
I can honestly say that I have never looked at a piece of art and considered whether it will or will not fit in with my collection. I look at art individually and if I want to buy something I do it with no regard to whet else is on my walls, or even as to whether there is any wall space for it.
Same goes with framing. I decide what frame I want for a piece with no consideration as to where it will hang or how other pieces that will be (very) close by are framed.
One thing I am certain of is that I have never bought anything thinking it is just right to keep in a portfolio!
But each to their own. No right or wrong way!

I still think this warrants a thread on its own - maybe one of the more diligent mods will move it  

I went through a phase where i was using art to decorate the room - and it becomes more about the colour palette or frame than it does about the piece. 

once i moved away from that mind-set and realised that, as room decoration it will never be the art that  you really enjoy that gets hung so should decouple the two. Same with framing, at first i tried to get frames to match the rooms - and over time realised the frames didn't actually suit the pieces contained within. Unfortunately i went to the other extreme on that and just put everything in white box frames - still haven't found the balance (or confidence) just just go with what I feel suits the piece  

But once you realise (if you want to of course) that you don't need a 'stand-out piece' (usually meaning fairly large) of art on every wall and actually an appreciation of the actual art itself means you can enjoy drawings and sketches on greasy pizza boxes - who cares. I guess in a very compressed way that is how I've gone from wanting only iconic pieces to the realisation you can enjoy art in all its forms and it isn't impressing the visitors - its something that everyday, as you wake up and move through the house you see your pieces and they put a smile on your face, a song in your heart or a thought in your mind who cares how they look, where they are hung or how much they cost - they are there because YOU love em. 

In all seriousness - i think this is good discussion matter- if the consensus is to move it I'll create a new thread but just don't want to upset anyone by shifting stuff without warning. 

Without writing a lengthy response at this time I just wanted to point out that I think this is all a personal preference. I don't look for the most amazing/iconic images to put on my walls. I really buy what I like. A perfect example is that i find love/heart/ images very comfortable and girls LOVE them. I am married now but chicks always mentioned how "Homie" my place is because of the images on my wall. I dont have any weird images like Bast or Herakut on my walls even though I like Herakut(the work is out of my price range right now). If I was going to spend that kind of money, I would buy some banksy pieces.

I personally buy black color type of frames no matter the design. It goes well with my walls/furniture in my house. I see plenty of people put up pictures of there collection and It looks like a collage of random images. I personally don't like that or see how its inviting in any way and I would not do that. Like I said, personal preference. I think this started with me stating, why would you frame drawings. I would make a book with them in a collection in a safe place. But growing up and going to school and college etc, I found fellow class mates had amazing drawings which they called doodling. I never thought to frame them or to collect them. But this was before I got into street art. But my outlook is the same.

May 21, 2015 13:39:39 GMT 1 11 said:

May 15, 2015 9:22:56 GMT 1 Coach said:

I have been giving davievagas' post some further thought. I guess that different people collect in different ways.
I can honestly say that I have never looked at a piece of art and considered whether it will or will not fit in with my collection. I look at art individually and if I want to buy something I do it with no regard to whet else is on my walls, or even as to whether there is any wall space for it.
Same goes with framing. I decide what frame I want for a piece with no consideration as to where it will hang or how other pieces that will be (very) close by are framed.
One thing I am certain of is that I have never bought anything thinking it is just right to keep in a portfolio!
But each to their own. No right or wrong way!

I still think this warrants a thread on its own - maybe one of the more diligent mods will move it  

I went through a phase where i was using art to decorate the room - and it becomes more about the colour palette or frame than it does about the piece. 

once i moved away from that mind-set and realised that, as room decoration it will never be the art that  you really enjoy that gets hung so should decouple the two. Same with framing, at first i tried to get frames to match the rooms - and over time realised the frames didn't actually suit the pieces contained within. Unfortunately i went to the other extreme on that and just put everything in white box frames - still haven't found the balance (or confidence) just just go with what I feel suits the piece  

But once you realise (if you want to of course) that you don't need a 'stand-out piece' (usually meaning fairly large) of art on every wall and actually an appreciation of the actual art itself means you can enjoy drawings and sketches on greasy pizza boxes - who cares. I guess in a very compressed way that is how I've gone from wanting only iconic pieces to the realisation you can enjoy art in all its forms and it isn't impressing the visitors - its something that everyday, as you wake up and move through the house you see your pieces and they put a smile on your face, a song in your heart or a thought in your mind who cares how they look, where they are hung or how much they cost - they are there because YOU love em. 

In all seriousness - i think this is good discussion matter- if the consensus is to move it I'll create a new thread but just don't want to upset anyone by shifting stuff without warning. 

Without writing a lengthy response at this time I just wanted to point out that I think this is all a personal preference. I don't look for the most amazing/iconic images to put on my walls. I really buy what I like. A perfect example is that i find love/heart/ images very comfortable and girls LOVE them. I am married now but chicks always mentioned how "Homie" my place is because of the images on my wall. I dont have any weird images like Bast or Herakut on my walls even though I like Herakut(the work is out of my price range right now). If I was going to spend that kind of money, I would buy some banksy pieces.

I personally buy black color type of frames no matter the design. It goes well with my walls/furniture in my house. I see plenty of people put up pictures of there collection and It looks like a collage of random images. I personally don't like that or see how its inviting in any way and I would not do that. Like I said, personal preference. I think this started with me stating, why would you frame drawings. I would make a book with them in a collection in a safe place. But growing up and going to school and college etc, I found fellow class mates had amazing drawings which they called doodling. I never thought to frame them or to collect them. But this was before I got into street art. But my outlook is the same.