What are the most popular painters to hang over one's escritoire?

[MDLP]

For me, it's a still from a Brothers Quay short, Bosch's The Garden of Earthly Delights, Dahli's The Persistence of Memory, a Renoir self-portrait (I rather fancy myself the next May Sarton:Shrug: ), a couple of Monet pieces and a photo of my special friend. I find that non-literary media is often a wonderful stimulus for my writing, be it constipated or gushing freely. I lose myself in the paintings and start seeing things that I didn't even know were there or my imagination is filling in, like Alice suddenly noticing the little door at the bottom of the rabbit hole or the little bottle ("Drink Me"). Or I'll listen to John Williams and strange phantoms will sing to me, begging me to flesh them into characters, like Longfellow's The Skeleton In Armor.

So, what are some popular pieces to hang over one's computer or Selectrix?

What, if anything, graces your work space:)

[rich]

Ooops. Had to look up escritoire. My first thought was that the piece would have to hang somewhere between my genitals and my navel. I was concerned about nailing a picture hanger into my belly button. I'm much relieved that it's a desk.

I'd hang a pix of me scratching my head, with a smaller portrait of my muse--just to piss her off.

[Zolah]

I have 'O Ye, All Ye Who Walk in the Willow Wood' by Margaret MacDonald Macintosh (Rennie Macintosh's wife) in my writing area. It's a beautiful print of an arts and crafts tapestry, and I can always see a couple of my own characters hiding in it:

http://www.popartuk.com/g/l/lg6003.jpg

The other thing hung nearby is a really huge print by Kenneth Ray Wilson which shows a grassy path through a sand-dune, flooded with golden afternoon sunlight. I can't find any pictures of it online now (although I did buy it from Allposters about six years ago) but it's so beautiful that I transposed it almost directly into my first novel.

[MDLP]

I have 'O Ye, All Ye Who Walk in the Willow Wood' by Margaret MacDonald Macintosh (Rennie Macintosh's wife) in my writing area. It's a beautiful print of an arts and crafts tapestry, and I can always see a couple of my own characters hiding in it:

http://www.popartuk.com/g/l/lg6003.jpg

The other thing hung nearby is a really huge print by Kenneth Ray Wilson which shows a grassy path through a sand-dune, flooded with golden afternoon sunlight. I can't find any pictures of it online now (although I did buy it from Allposters about six years ago) but it's so beautiful that I transposed it almost directly into my first novel.

My, that's gorgeous:e2writer:

[Scribhneoir]

My escritoire is located in front of a big window, so nothing hangs above it, but I do get to gaze at a pepper tree and two lovely swaying palms. Other walls in the room are decorated with my needlework.

[willietheshakes]

Since the police have been watching the house, I've had to stop hanging painters anywhere near my escritoire. It's now a special hobby reserved for my cabin in the woods...

[PattiTheWicked]

I have a framed map of Rohan and Gondor. It's not exactly high art, but it's awfully cool.

[SC Harrison]

I think it was Leonardo that did this. It was definitely one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, of that I am sure:

http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1257&stc=1

[Birol]

I have maps hanging above mine.

[janetbellinger]

I have a picture of butterflies and dragonflies,that says "Dream," which was embroidered by a very special young lady. On an opposite wall, I have a painting of poppies, painted by a friend of my mother. The artwork which inspires me most though, besides my own, is a big print of a lion.

[Sage]

anime wallscrolls & pics I drew myself of my characters

[Anya Smith]

I have a large framed poster of Einstein over my desk, and one of my own landscapes I didn't sell yet.

[Anya Smith]

anime wallscrolls & pics I drew myself of my characters

That's very nice, Sage.

How do you post a picture in the body of the thread. I have lots of my characters I did on Photoshop.

[Sage]

That's very nice, Sage.

How do you post a picture in the body of the thread. I have lots of my characters I did on Photoshop.Thanks :D

To add a pic, reply to the thread using advanced. Way under where you type the text & the submit/preview buttons, there's an "attach files" section. (If you edit your previous post, I believe the option will show up too).

[Chacounne]

I have a charcoal drawing of my dad, in armour, with his helm under his arm, done by a friend, and my husband's SCA Court Barony scroll.

Just my two cents,
Chac

[MacAllister]

I have a stuffed and mounted javelina head. Snarling.

And a Winslow Homer print.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a11/MacAlStone/homer00.jpg

[Sentia]

Since the police have been watching the house, I've had to stop hanging painters anywhere near my escritoire. It's now a special hobby reserved for my cabin in the woods...

Bwahahahaha!http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/images/smilies/e2dance.gif

[HoosierCowgirl]

I have art projects and 4-H posters made by my kids.

And a Winchester ammo box where I keep all of our bills and receipts.

Ann

[cwfgal]

My desk sits in front of a window overlooking a river. In the small wall space above the window are framed cover flats from my pubbed novels...gifts from a friend that provide me with motivation from time to time.

Beth

[Zolah]

"My, that's gorgeous:e2writer:"

Well, I think so...

[James D. Macdonald]

Gustave Dore, from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner:

http://www.englit.ed.ac.uk/studying/undergrd/english_lit_2/Handouts/graphics/Dore_ancientmariner2.jpg

[Maryn]

I have poster-sized photographs above my work area. On the left, "Solitude" by David Lorenz Winston (see it here (http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/601-0371113-0412941?_encoding=UTF8&frombrowse=1&asin=B0000DBJTW) ) and on the right, "Sunburst" by John Gavrilis (see it here (http://store.posterunlimited.com/sagjg001.html)).

I swear, neither one was as mass-marketed when I got them as they seem now. Although, come to think of it, I don't even really see them any more, which suggests that it's time for a change.

Maryn, blind to what lies before her

[rich]

Two small Buddhas, a Bengal tiger, and two white elephants--all alive and messing up my book shelves.

[ChunkyC]

No paintings or prints. My little office is crammed with bookshelves. I keep the ever-burgeoning group of tomes written by my friends at eye level in the bookshelf closest to my desk, and dream of the day a novel with my name on the cover will join them.

[Chickenchargrill]

Gustave Dore, from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner:



I used to own Gustav Dore Library from 1880. Beautiful works. I had to part with it as I was terrified of it being ruined, it also needed a little bit of restoration I couldn't afford. I miss it though.




Painters? My daughters stuff. Most of the images on the walls are photographs that I have took.

[jenngreenleaf]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/jhollowell/organizing.jpg

My workspace is too cluttered to hang anything above my desk. :(

[Laurie]

Wow, some truly amazing artwork.


For me, it's a landscape I did of the location of the book I'm working on. No where near real art, but at least it's a visual.

On the side of my desk are drawings of characters and copied photos of the period.

[CaroGirl]

I have an old bulletin board, hung slightly askew, stuck with take-out menus and old LL Bean receipts. There's a wee window way up high that looks out over my neighbour's window well.

But my Kleenex box has quite a nice pattern on it.

[Serenity]

My desk is next to a sliding door, so Nature is my picture there, but right next to it is a poster I got off of e-bay several years ago from the Fiesta de la Primavera in Sevilla, Spain. And on the other side is a chinese (I think) wall hanging (it may be Japanese). Oh yeah, plus an autographed picture of two Klingons-- what can I say, I like *strong* men...:e2fight: (LOL, I met the actors a few years ago- though the picture belongs to my roommate, 'cause I never had mine framed... just arrested.)

[RobCurtis]

My workspace is too cluttered to hang anything above my desk. :(
Wow, Jenn. What a cool place to work. Brave of you to post the photo here :D

No paintings near to me. A couple of photos of kids, etc. I prefer to face a blank wall, so I can concentrate on what I'm writing. If I need inspiration, I can stand and look out of the window at the garden, and beyond to the secure psychiatric hospital - seeing it from the outside, I hasten to add. Although sometimes, I'm not sure who's keeping who from whom :gone:

[jenngreenleaf]

Wow, Jenn. What a cool place to work. Brave of you to post the photo here http://www.absolutewrite.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif Thank you! :) I can't wait until it isn't in the corner of my bedroom anymore. One can dream . . . :e2cloud9: . . . maybe it'll happen someday. :Shrug:

[zornhau]

Pictures? Pah!On the wall over my desk I have enough (working) swords to liberate Narnia.

[Shadow_Ferret]

Nothing.

[NeuroFizz]

At my real-life workplace, I have an Ivey Hayes print: "Coastal"

http://www.iveyhayes.com/

[loquax]

Dore is a favourite of mine, particularly his PL pieces. I have some Escher prints, too. I also like Yves Tanguy:
http://www.matta-art.com/tanguy/dwg52.jpg