WE CHAT with Megan Weston, the self-taught artist whose works are regularly included in Channel Nine's The Block.
■ How important is art to the interior design process?
An artwork can make or break a room, so you want art and design to co-operate!
When you're planning a room, you're looking to harmonise a number of different features or functions.
Often it's not about slavish commitment to one style but enabling different dialogues to emerge without succumbing to clutter. Art will provide the signature pieces of a room.
■ What should people look out for when choosing artwork?
You want to consider the purpose of the room and the mood you want to create - colour, texture, movement, tone and light are all important factors. If the artwork has enough substance, it will somehow give strength to other objects. Great art always has its own form of radiance.
■ Which other designers or artists are you loving at the moment?
There's some incredible ceramics around at the moment! Suite Studio One has an amazing range, and Amanda Dziedzic's glass works are sublime.
Richard Claremont's oil paintings are simply divine. And Karen Knorr's photography is also extraordinary.
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