do you have nice pictures/ artwork in your house?

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other than that whih the children produce i mean!
if so, what of?

Sally, PIL are down that way - we used to surf there many moons ago!
The print isn't a local artist though - he normally does the Scottish Highlands but someone comissioned him for something down here and he loved it so much he stayed and did a bunch more.

Olive, am deeply jealous of your Banksy - one of the things I liked about Hackney was Banksy-spotting from the bus to work. Not much of that in leafy Oxon, though am trying to get a print of one of the Palestine ones for DH.

I also have Serena Hall bits

glad you like it, hatwoman - my mum gave us it for our wedding (well, she gave us the money - wouldn't trust her taste for a minute ). Ours is called 'Shallow Reef, and is based on a shot of the great barrier reef - brings back pre-kids Oz hols memories...

My favourite is my Sophie harding - love love love it!

we have lots of anita klein prints . other things i've picked up over the years, a couple of abstracts, lots of local photos, prints by friends.

our bedroom has a print of Flaming June this
Dh bought it for me the first Xmas after we married and it's been on our bedroom wall ever since. I love it.

Yes.

My mother paints as a hobby, so we have a couple of things she's done.

I have some numbered lithos.

Well, several.

And some vintage posters I had custom framed.

And some stuff my dad bought at auctions/estate sales.

We have a mix of original pieces by young-ish artists that i have bought at various exhibitions adn some i painted aswell as a few large framed photographs of trees etc

Yes. We've got a couple by that Edinburgh chappie who does those misty romantic views of Edin skyline (Expat, help me out here!). Also various bits we've picked up over the years when out and about and been given. Our last purchase was a fab Nigerian street scene. We also have some gorgeous batik fabric prints from Java but have yet to put them on the wall.

It wouldn't be Vettriano?

He's a Fifer.

ponces

lol cod

expat has ripped out pages of " torso of the week from "heat"

some are so old htey curl at the edges

Uh uh, cod. B/c anyone who knows me knows what I really fancy is Cock of the Week .

your wish

Not Vettrianno. Is he a Fifer? I didn't know that.

The one I'm thinking about had his heyday a while back so he may not appear on your radar, Expat. Got to go to bed now (we're an hour ahead of you) so will google for him tomorrow. Night night!

I'll bet he can really crow, cod .

Two huge pics in the main room.
this is dh's

and this is mine

Much prefer yours Peachy

Ours does match our sofa BUt that's coz we bought rhe sofas after. We move arouns a bit (hopefuklly not again for a while) and can't guarantee the decor of the next palce, so keep tjhings within a certain clour scheme if we can, dictated by the pictures. iyswim.

I do Carmenere, but Dh does carnivals so it spoke to him really- which is what art should do isn't it? Mine is fab because everyoen wants to know what the two people are talking about- I love that (men always think they're lesbian- ?? why?)

we've got nice pictures in our house, but then, dh is a portrait painter and i'm a textile/embroidery designer, so its mainly our own stuff, or stuff by people we know who's work we like.

the other things we have up is my collection of original 60's beatles magazines

Thanks EmmyLou - I like those 2 too. I'd spotted that was where she sells things, so might have to keep an eye out (probably can't afford them, but nice to look and dream!). I'm originally from Pembrokeshire, so nice to have a local link too.

We have some lovely pictures that DH bought from a local gallery - limited edition print things - by some Indian artist of cat and dogs - don't even know the guys name and we also have some landscapes by another lady who I don't now who she is.

We also have a Rolf Harris above our bed of some blue trees which is lovely but rather big and I have a huge fear of it falling on my head when I am asleep.

Dh does have a degree in the history of art and is a bit funny about 'mainstream' pictures - I would be quite happy to go to John Lewis and pick anything but thats just me!!