Hotel Art 13: Antwerp

In our room here, there is a collection of six small (20cm x 35cm approx) prints on canvas.

Discuss.

Hotel Art 12 - Yorkshire

We have been staying at the Devonshire Fell Hotel, in Burnsall in Wharfedale and seldom have I had so much hotel art to record.


In my room, I enjoyed the company of someone's parents, a most interesting pair to peer at from time to time.

This chair was a little less to my taste, though I found the composition very satisfying and calming.I very much enjoyed looking around the gallery of portrait photography on each floor, too. Such wonderful contrasts in these timeless images.

The dining room was a work of art in itself, never mind the glorious paintings to enjoy at mealtimes! Who would have thought that such an unassuming country house hotel would have such an exuberant decor?

I loved it so much, I forgave them for neglecting to tweak the hanging from time to time!

Hotel Art 11 - New York

Well, one might expect something lively in this, one of the liveliest of cities. The painting above the bedhead did not disappoint, and retained its striking effect even when reflected in the dressing table mirror, opposite.

But these four little black and white images really did nothing for this dark corner, even if they did serve to offer a sense of place. Perhaps the spacing could have been better?

Strangely, I walked past this one several times before even noticing it was there. It was hanging on the wall outside the bathroom door, opposite the wardrobe. Maybe I simply had other things on my mind as I passed it by...

(Apologies for the poor picture quality...usual reflection problems with a glazed frame)

Hotel Art 10

Initially, I was a little underwhelmed by the art on our walls last night. Pretty, yes, but though they were clearly relevant to our locality and very Scandinavian in character, I thought them rather bland and a safe choice for a beige wall. They are labelled "handcolor H.G.Carlstrom-83"
 

(you wouldn't believe the contortions I went through to get this crummy photograph with minimal reflections!)

Taking the second photo was rather easier, because I didn't have to sprawl on the bed to get the right angle. Getting closer to it, my eyes homed in on this:

It looked a little familiar and I wondered where I'd seen it before. Then I opened the curtains...

There it is!

Good Morning from a sunny Stockholm!

Hotel Art 9

The walls of our hotel room here are simply painted white and have no further adornment. There is plenty of hotel art, however, shared with the whole world as it's out there on the walls of the building. We like to think our home from home here is the prettiest of them all, of course, though there is competition a-plenty.