Colorful and Breezy Paintings
Mediterranean oil paintings echo the colorful and vibrant lifestyle of the people living on the coastal Mediterranean areas. They work well with country schemes and with seaside beach homes. They even work well with Tuscan home decor.
Mediterranean oil paintings reflect the heritage of the people living in the Mediterranean coastal areas. The influence of these small villas and coastal towns reflect a mixture of Spanish, Moroccan, Italian, and Turkish influence. The scenes captured are usually colorful landscapes of garden scenes overlooking the Mediterranean ocean, balconies, homes, or typical villa scenes.
It’s said that the wives of the local fishermen painted their homes in distinct vibrant colors to make it easier for their husbands to distinguish their home from the rest when out at sea. This is echoed in the paintings, which show interplay of light and color that suits many different decorating themes from contemporary beach decor to country cottage themes.
You can expect to find the following qualities in most Mediterranean painting:
- Vivid colors
- Bold simplicity
- Playful use of light and shadow
The Color Palette
Mediterranean paint colors range from the Grecian white, terracotta oranges, startling seaside blues, and rustic reds. Depending on the scene, whether seaside or home, there can be more of some colors than others. Garden scenes may have deeper tones, if painted at dusk, a favorite theme. Or morning light may be explored with hints of blue and white. Seeing the wide range of color choices available, it’s easy to find some painting that fits just about any decor.
Typically, the color palette can be very rustic for garden paintings, with emphasis on earth tones, while the seaside landscapes are more vibrant. If you are thinking of decorating a beach home, it would be better to use the seaside scenes or early morning garden scenes more than the late dusk earthy tones. Leave that Mediterranean painting for a cottage or Tuscan decorating scheme.
Contemporary decorating schemes can make use of either landscape or color palette. Just choose one that matches or complements your interior design. If you are looking for clean lines, the outlines of villas can easily complement that look. If you want something softer and earthier, the garden scenes can bring a little of the natural world into a strong contemporary design.
Mediterranean Art Prints
Mediterranean oil painting is very popular, but so are the Mediterranean art prints. Whereas the paintings can be edged so that they can be hung unframed, you have a lot of different choices for framing the prints. Choose frames that complement your interior design or try to make the picture a window out into a different fantasy world. The choice is yours.
Mediterranean prints are not any less expensive than the paintings, once you add in the cost of matting and framing. They do offer some clean lines and the ability to customize the look of the painting a bit more. You have a wider selection of prints and just because one scene has already been purchased by someone else doesn’t mean you can’t have one in your home too.
Malta Art
Malta is just one island community in the Mediterranean that offers some great views for Mediterranean art. Malta is one of those places that have been influenced by a variety of cultures and Malta art shows it. The culture dates back 3,600 years with megalithic temples that are now deserted. The Phoenicians made Malta their home for a while in 700 B.C. but were soon over run by the Roman Empire. It went under Byzantine rule and later under Arab rule.
Later the Italians descended upon Malta along with the Spanish. Now, it’s a member of the European Union.
This conglomeration of cultures is evident in the landscape and the artifacts on the island. Its scenic landscape is typical of most Mediterranean painting where seaside villas mix with carefully cultured courtyards. It is an island where the breezes blow off the ocean and the lifestyle is carefree.
This is the ambiance that one gets from Mediterranean landscapes and what continues to make them very popular for decorating homes.
The Eclectic Style
It’s probably the mix of all these cultures that make Mediterranean oil paintings great for so many different decorating styles. They lend just the right touch of spontaneity and color to any home decorating scheme. One can even investigate the option of putting a Mediterranean theme in the bathroom where the blues and whites of a seascape make it very appealing.
It works well in a romantic bedroom setting as while as a casual dining room. It does well in family rooms and excels in living rooms. It complements indoor plants and just about any type of interior design. It is eclectic, mixing with old Roman settings and find French settings too. For country themes, it can bring in the playful use of light to add another dimension to a room. It may even seem like you have another window available into a secret garden out in your backyard. People not only enjoy the whimsy and charm of these paintings, but they are highly functional.
If you choose to decorate with Mediterranean art, the sky is really the limit. You can use prints to get just the right size. Now, you can also get wall murals with these types of scenes too. Your painting can be as small as a triplet framed olive branch grouping or as large as a Mediterranean patio that takes up your whole wall in mural format. You can choose prints and change the mat and frames or get unframed art paintings with the edges painted in for a very contemporary look. Even the kitchen can benefit from small garden prints in groupings to echo the herbs and fragrances of a classic kitchen herb garden of the Mediterranean home.
When winter finally arrives at your door, you will always have a reminder of the wonderful sunshine of the Mediterranean ocean and garden views. It can liven up any dreary day and bring your thoughts from your current location to the fantasy of lovely, luxury vacation in the Mediterranean where the ocean breezes are plentiful and the sunshine frolics about the patios, courtyards, and steps of the beautiful stone landscapes of the Mediterranean villas.
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