Michael and I have a goal of bringing more art into our home over the next couple of years. I’ve mentioned before how it can be a little daunting to know where to start looking for artists. But have you ever been searching, and then all at once an artist’s collection or piece of art just sings to you? Your heart is doing backflips and your mind is racing? That happens to me a lot in museums, where I feel a connection with an artist, but it’s (obviously!) harder to find that in the art market in a real and affordable way.
I’m so, so thrilled to share today’s (HUGE) give away from acclaimed artist and philanthropist, Jessie Mackay, and artist who makes my heart sing. Her work has been praised by NYT art critics and hangs in celebrity homes (check out her paintings in James Carville and Mary Matalin’s home featured in Architectural Digest). Here are a few of my favorites currently available on Jessie’s site.
Today she is generously offering up this 24×30 gallery-wrapped abstract painting called ‘Soft Thoughts.’
Here are some close ups of this lovely painting, just sitting in my loft, waiting to be shipped to your home!
I love the bits of bright, almost neon paint peeking through the soft grays and creams.
Lucky you, there are a couple of ways to enter your name into the pot.
1) Simply leave a comment on this post sharing where you would hang ‘Soft Thoughts’ in your home.
2) Like Jessie Mackay Art on Facebook and leave a comment on this post saying so.
3) Pin your favorite Jessie Mackay art from her site and leave a comment on this post saying so.
The winner will be chosen at random from the comments here on July 25 at midnight. Good luck!
****CONGRATS TO WINNER JAMIE LUNT! THANK YOU ALL FOR ENTERING****
This would look fantastic in my master bedroom!
I would absolutely hang it in my entry way! I have wanted something modern, but not sterile. Her work is beautiful!
1) I would hang this piece, which is GORGEOUS and totally made my heart race, in my living room, above the couch.
2) Liked her page on Facebook
3) Pinned "Days End" on Pinterest
And I just pinned the beautiful Jumping Juniper!
I would absolutely hang it in my entry way! I have wanted something modern, but not sterile. Her work is beautiful!
I love it, it is simply stunning! I would hang it from my bookshelves in my tiny cottage for a big statement! I have also "liked" her page on fb for a little added support!
I love it, it is simply stunning! I would hang it on the bookshelf across from my mantle to make a big statement in my tiny cottage! Thanks for the giveaway! I also have "liked" her on fb so I can keep up with her work! Thank you for the opportunity!
What a beautiful piece! I would hang it in my reading room!
I like Jessie on FB. :)
My husband and I are on the hunt for our first home and this work be perfect in the entryway!
Dana Clark
I'd love to hang this in my bedroom
We moved into our new house a year ago and I'm finally getting around to planning the master bedroom. I would love to use Jessie Mackay's piece as the inspiration for the room.
I love abstract, especially in mouth watering colors like this! I also like how you have it styled. Thanks!
Love it! Just pinned it:) I'd put it in my guest room I'm decorating.
Suzi Purdy
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Love the colors! What an awesome giveaway. I just pinned so I won't forget Jessie's name. I think I'd hang it in our living room over the couch – that wall has been waiting for something amazing.
gorgeous! i would hang it in our living room :)
Wow! I love it. Definitely in my bedroom.
I'd hang it in the entryway so it's the first thing you see. Pinned the gorgeous "Serenity" painting and "Days End"
I would love this for the fireplace mantle in our new first home!
What a lovely painting! I would hang 'Soft Thoughts' above the sofa. It would be our first piece of art on the bare walls in our loft. It would really spruce the place up.
I would hang it over my mantle! I love this piece!
1. I just got rid of my television and this would replace it.
2. I liked her on FB.
3. I pinned her Granny painting. Just lovely.
Cheers and thank you for the opportunity to win some lovely art.
How lovely! I'd hang this in my bedroom; it is so calming to look at!
I would hang mine across from my bed so I could wake up to its beauty every morning!
Stunning! I would love to have this as the focal point in my baby girl's nursery, which I'm designing now!
I liked Jessie Mackay Art on facebook
I love this! It would be pretty in my living room!
I liked her on facebook
So beautiful! I'd love for that to be in my home.
So beautiful! I'd love for that to be in my home.
I would hang this lovely piece in my family room – where we spend the most time. Beautiful!
Liked her facebook!
how talented! I would hang this painting in my entry way.
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So beautiful! The colors in this painting would go perfectly with my living-room-in-progress in my new home… I would hang it on our living/dining room wall to add some definition between the two spaces.
Our brand spanking new house (getting keys tomorrow) wouldn't be have as nice if Jessie's painting wasn't hanging in the nursery, evoking soft thoughts of a wonderful future.
jamieray11@yahoo.com
I would hang in this lovely piece in my family room where we spend the most time! Beautiful!
Pinned Eruption, what a beautiful painting.
Oh how beautiful! I would hang it in my bedroom!
I love the colors! We just moved 2 weeks ago and our walls are dying for art — I would hang it in our entryway.
This is beautiful! I would hang it in my office to bring a little beauty and serenity to my sometimes crazy day!
This is beautiful! I would hang it in my office to bring a little beauty and serenity to my sometimes crazy day!
I just started a new job, and Jessie Mackay's painting would be the perfect inspiration to have hanging on my office wall! (Although…it would be hard for me not to hang it in my home!)
I also liked Jessie Mackay's Facebook page.
That would go over my fireplace or in my entryway. The fireplace is my fist choice, as I'd be able to enjoy it more often.
~Pam
Beautiful!! I would hang it in my living room.
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What a fabulous painting! I would put it in my family room, I have the perfect place in our new house.
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big empty living room wall…would be perfect. lots of red in the room with dark varigated slate floors.
I would hang that beautiful piece of artwork in my dining room.
oh my gracious! this would be amazing! Would go on a wall in my living room!
What an amazing giveaway! I'm redoing our master bedroom and I would love to hang this beautiful piece over our bed!