Perplexed by the proportions of your old cottage or newly converted attic. Wtih these expert tips you will be nailing your picture display in no time
Don't hang pictures too high
... Jenna explains that, in her Hampshire gallery, she and her team 'try to keep everything within the same space on the same centre-line, so that the eye can move from one work to the next', but admits this does not always work with lower ceilings. 'Rules are made to be broken and if you need to hang lower, then do', she adds. 'There are some fantastic exaples at Kettle's Yard with work hung below windows, on angled walls, amd so on.'
... Illustrated: In the charming Rope Cottage behind Jenna Burlingham's gallery in Hampshire, which is available to rent, a trio of William Tillyer prints have been hung in a neat line at the height that is most comfortable for the viewer (photo Milo Brown).
Hang a single large-scale work
... Though larger works do require more thought, displaying them in a restricted space is not out of the question. 'My office in the gallery is a small space with a sloped ceiing and it can often be the best place to put a large floor-to-ceiling upright canvas that fills the room,' says Jenna.
Illustrated: Jenna Burlingham in her office at the gallery, where a single large painting March in Snow by Mary Potter is the ideal choice for the compact wall area. The smaller work behind Jenna is a Jacob Kramer head study (photo Dean Hearne).
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