London Town House / Muchmore Design

Brief: Create a duo of paintings to go above a corner sofa in a contemporary new build apartment, London. This painting was made to compliment the proposed interior design scheme by @muchmoredesign. 

I started off the commission process by creating elevations with different canvas sizes to narrow down some options. The paintings were to be hung above a sofa in an open plan living room - taking the sizes of the sofa, height and width of wall we could really nail down the options on sizes. Sometimes this is the most confusing part of the process - choosing sizes! I feel like showing elevations or 3D renders as part of the process really helps clients make decisions. The client decided to go for a  80 x 60cm duo.

After this stage it was time to move onto mood boards - I did one option which was more neutral, and another one that was slightly more colourful, taking into consideration the colours in the interior scheme - burgundy, blue, neutrals, browns. Muchmore Design put together a beautiful scheme with lots of my favourite earthy colours so I was really excited to get started.  

​There was also existing artwork to the space - these two vibrant pieces below, so I wanted to add in bright accents of blue to coordinate with these. 

Interior Design Scheme by Muchmore Design

Inspiration from one of my earlier pieces

Inspiration from one of my earlier pieces

Existing artwork in the same (artists unnamed)

The finished duo was signed off first time. Because of the clear brief, I had quite a good idea of what my client wanted. The duo sing together perfectly with subtle nods to the interior furnishings. The composition was a classic abstract landscape - with lots of colour blocking, rusts, burgundy and even some pops of copper pigment.

Once the paintings were ready the client opted for a solid wood premium frame which compliments the pieces and the rest of the room so well. Framing can really make a difference to the overall feel of paintings, I think this was a great choice.  I love these two and can't wait for an update once they are up in their new home! 

The finished duo!