From Artfair to Living Space

Furthering on from the last post on New York Affordable Art Fair, one of the main questions I get as a painter who regularly takes part in Art Fairs is “Do you ever get to see your artwork in clients homes?” which the answer to this question is sometimes, yes. Not all the time do you get to meet the people who buy your work, a lot of the business is undertaken by galleries or brokers who are intermediaries for interior specialists or companies who fit out offices.

Here however, I am able to show a photo of how the power of art can come alive and bring a living space to life. It is very refeshing to actually see some of the work on the walls of a collectors home and how having a really good gallery to show the work and compare it with the buyers initial ideas can help realise the dreams of the home owner.

The rich vibrancy of the steel in this painting (Swyre Nevin) which measures 100-100cm and the mix of colours which combine with what the palette in the home offers are here for all to see in this potentially now complete interior designed project.

Swyre Nevin 100-100cm Oils and Coffee on Steel. Photograph courtesy of Wills Art Warehouse. 2026

As the fair progressed, more work found new owners an design ideas began to become a reality. One of the big selling points with my work is that it can fit in to most spaces. The Annular collection came about from finding a gold gilded brooch whilst out metal detecting, that idea of a circular shape and its connection to the sun and the moon made me think and after making some mock up templates for the designs, I came up with the Annular range, at the start, the focus was primarily on creating a variegated green to accompany the gold, something which fits into most interior design packages, eventually the range expanded, giving this as an example

4 Annular works now residing in NY. Each piece measures 39cm. Images courtesy of Wills Art Warehouse 2026

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