LivingHome: Art Via Web
Saturday
  Download high-res art, print, create gallery walls
It's time to disrupt the notion that filling your walls with 'art' is expensive. As LivingHome has innovated with this site since 1993, we were the first to explore social media connections with a network of home living enthusiasts, and the first to 'blog' via daily postings. Now we are exploring downloadable high-res printable art, ephemera, and photography via the Web. Click on images to download high-res files, and print via your home printer or numerous online larger format printers.Kim Garretson.
 
Monday
  Apartment Therapy on art trends: BIG


Great post from our fav home decor site: Apartment Therapy. These art trends support our notion that you should download high-res free art from the Web and have Kinko's or an online poster printer create a big statement with it. By the way Apartment Therapy, please expand to Minneapolis, our town, this year.

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  Art watchers as part of the art
Although photographer Andy Freeburg's photos are not downloadable as wall art, his site is worth a visit. Link

His explanation:

In the art museums of Russia, women sit in the galleries and guard the collections. When you look at the paintings and sculptures, the presence of the women becomes an inherent part of viewing the artwork itself. I found the guards as intriguing to observe as the pieces they watch over. In conversation they told me how much they like being among Russia’s great art. A woman in Moscow’s State Tretyakov Gallery Museum said she often returns there on her day off to sit in front of a painting that reminds her of her childhood home. Another guard travels three hours each way to work, since at home she would just sit on her porch and complain about her illnesses, “as old women do.” She would rather be at the museum enjoying the people watching, surrounded by the history of her country.
 
Sunday
  LivingHome Wordle Cloud Pulp Tribute

LivingHome Wordle Cloud Pulp Tribute, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

At LivingHome we love vintage pulp magazine covers. Here is a Wordle word cloud consisting of the names of pulp magazine villains and heros.

 
Saturday
  LivingHome Whirling Dervish

LivingHome Whirling Dervish, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

If you get a chance to see a live performance of Whirling Dervishes, take it. Here is wonderful photo of a Dervish

 
  LivingHome Soviet Fight Against Religion Poster

LivingHome Soviet Fight Against Religion Poster, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

I'm a huge fan of Soviet political and propaganda posters, and this one, from the Library of Congress Digital Archive, is called "Christmas puppet show; the fight against religion is the fight for socialism" The description is: "Anti-religious poster using images from folk theater and songs to lampoon the clergy and their alleged secret alliance with reactionary military leaders."

 
  LivingHome Walker Evans Painting

LivingHome Walker Evans Painting, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

Walker Evans, one of LivingHome's favorite photographers, was also an amazing painter. Although, Wikipedia seems to have missed this fact.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_Evans

 
  LivingHome Cave Painting

LivingHome Cave Painting, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

Add humor to your downloaded & printed art for your gallery walls.

 
  Don't have/know Photoshop? SumoPaint your art.

LivingHome uses Photoshop to prepare and enhance most downloadable high-res art images. If you are not Photoshopper but want to resize or add effects to any of our images, or any other image, before printing, check out the amazing SumoPaint, a free online image editing application requiring no download. Above: Sumo's Liquid Wave effect applied to our Large Coffee painting posted below.

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  LivingHome Saturn Moon

LivingHome Saturn Moon, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

Shot in October 2008 on a fly-by of Saturn, download and print this version of Saturn's moon or find higher-res versions here: here.

 
Friday
  LivingHome Miyamoto

LivingHome Miyamoto, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

Download and print this 9.5 mg print or go to Library of Congress site to download a 40 mg TIFF here: http://tinyurl.com/4svwr5

 
Thursday
  LivingHome Paolozzi Two Cups

LivingHomePaolozziTwoCups, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

Among the amazing collection of downloadable high-res Eduardo Paolozzi pieces at the Library of Congress site. I actually own a signed print of this piece showing 4 cups, not 2.

 
Sunday
  LivingHome Large Coffee Painting

LivingHome Large Coffee Painting, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

A future experiment: High-res photos of favorite paintings, printed and displayed on a gallery wall.

 
  LivingHome Spanish Guitar

LivingHome Spanish Guitar, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

If you love Spanish guitar (like I do), a nifty little illustration to print and display.

 
Monday
  LivingHome's Wordle Remixes

A LivingHome Art Idea for our 'Remix Culture': Combining a Web high-res image with a 'Word Cloud' from Wordle.net. Wordle clouds are derived from a variety of sources relating to the background images. Watch for new LivingHome Wordle Cloud Remixes weekly.
 
  LivingHome Fruit

LivinghomeFruit, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

Shot by luminary photographer Dorothea Lange at a Saigon market in 1958. Download to print or display on a digital photo frame by clicking on the image for the high-resolution copy.

 
Sunday
  LivingHome Wordle Diane Arbus

LivingHome Wordle Diane Arbus, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

Another high-res source image from the Library of Congress digital archives. Wordle Word Cloud is from the Wikipedia page on photographer Diane Arbus.

 
  LivingHome Wordle Neil Young

LivingHome Wordle Neil Young, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

A great use of Wordle.net Remixes: Combine lyrics of a favorite song with a killer photo of the artist or band.

 
  LivingHome Wordle Coen Brothers

LivingHome Wordle Coen Brothers, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

For a fun wall piece: If you're a Minnesotan there has never been a more 'pitch perfect' movie about the state's culture than the local Coen Brothers' Fargo. And Big Lebowski is one of the greatest cult films in recent memory.

 
  LivingHome Wordle FallingWater

LivingHome Wordle FallingWater, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

A LivingHome Wordle Remix: Probably the most beautiful home in the U.S. with a Wordle Word Cloud from a review of this Frank Lloyd Wright masterwork. Click image for high res.

 
  LivingHome framing tips.tools.techniques



Two ideas for displaying your photos. Left: a vintage 8" x 10" film holder, called a film back for a large format camera. Find these via eBay. Right: An aluminum portfolio case for creating your own coffee table folio of your finds.
 
Saturday
  A furniture store full of galleries

RoomAndBoard, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

A recent visit to the Twin Cities' store Room and Board inspired us to promote full gallery walls like these.

Frames & Ledges at Room and Board.

 
  LivingHome Arbus @ Library of Congress

LivingHomeLOCPhoto2, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

You can download, print and display this and other iconic images from the history of photography. Was there ever a more haunting (and haunted) photographer as Diane Arbus?

 
  LivingHome Junkyard 1942

LivingHomeJunkyard, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

Ephemeral becomes beautiful. Compare this 65-yr-old junk pile to the gaudy garbage heaps of today.

 
  LivingHome Bee Keepers

LivingHomeBeeKeepers, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

If you've a taste of the bizarre, download and print this option.

 
  LivingHome Frank Lloyd Wright Stamps

LivingHomeFrankLloydWrightStamps, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

If you'll never own a FLW home (and we're still hoping) at least you might fill your home gallery walls with tributes to this unparalleled talent.

 
  Living Home Lasky Van Morrison Illus

LivingHomeLaskyVanMorrisonIllus, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

Camera shy Van Morrison as illustrated by David Lasky. Our partner site BackstageGallery.com is still on the hunt for great Morrison photos for your wall decor.

 
  Living Home Soviet Soldiers Wife

LivingHomeSoldiersWife, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

We're big fans of vintage Soviet propaganda posters, and are Photoshopping many for our home gallery walls.

 
  plywerk, a green 'frameless' framing option

plywerk, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

Thanks to Leslie Carothers for this discovery.

Visit Plywerk.
 
  LivingHome Home Office Painting

LivingHomeHomeOfficePainting, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

Unknown artist. I'll print this for my gallery wall in my new home office.

 
Friday
  LivingHome Vintage Dorothea Lange 1939

LivingHome Vintage Dorothea Lange 1939, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

From Wikipedia: Dorothea Lange (May 25, 1895 – October 11, 1965) was an influential American documentary photographer and photojournalist, best known for her Depression-era work for the Farm Security Administration (FSA).

 
  LivingHome Vintage Fish Shack

LivingHome Vintage Fish Shack, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

Watch this site for updates on a LivingHome wall gallery project: Vintage photos from luminary photographers like Dorthea Lange.

 
  LivingHome-Gallery-Wall-From-Apt-Therapy

LivingHome-Gallery-Wall-fro, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

From Apartment Therapy, a perfect example of a gallery wall. A large poster of the dog of the house on the right, with a various framed items on the picture rail. From the homeowner: "Etsy sellers, vintage dog food advertisements, photos that me or my husband have taken, funky drawings, and some additional photos by family and friends or anything we find that makes us happy to look at."

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Thursday
  Living Home Lawn Chair Painting

Living Home Lawn Chair Painting, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

Search "high resolution painting" at Flickr to find downloadable & printable options like this.

 
  LivingHome: if you're an iPhone enthusiast

A nice home office poster. Download it and have an online poster printer create it for you. Huge, if you wish!
 
Wednesday
  For Fun: Frank Zappa's parents' wall gallery

Frank Zappa's parents' wall gallery, originally uploaded by LivingHome Wall Decor from Kim Garretson.

For Fun: LivingHome discovers Frank Zappa's parents' wall gallery from the 70's.



See the full image and more great photos you can buy from Life Magazine and Qoop.
 
Monday
  Watchful Eyes


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  Soviet home products commercials from the 80s
 
  LivingHomeVideos: a Magnify Channel
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  LivingHome Launch: Backstage Gallery vintage rock photo community


I'm looking for comments on this question: Do you think there is wide appeal about Boomers (and younger folks who love 70's rock) for framed art on walls at home of photos or vintage rockers? These would not be cheap poster art, and also wouldn't be the $1,500 framed photos signed by famous Rolling Stone photographers that you might see in an art gallery. They'd probably cost about $150. What do you think? thanks, Kim G.

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