Picture Lights to Accent and Highlight Paintings or Artwork in Your Home

A wall does gain in beauty when you have a beautiful painting adorning it or when you place a

beautiful artwork in front of it. It does become the focal point of your room and can be the object

of many a conversation.

Bring out the glory and charm of your prized painting or object d’art by highlighting it with

picture lights. Picture lights are created just for that purpose. If you have given your house a

makeover, you would ideally have thought of positioning the painting and including strip

lighting, recessed halogen spot lights or diffuse border lighting around the frame for a smoothly

integrated look. If that is not the case, you can still achieve a startling effect by the use of

appropriate picture lights. Choose the same picture lights selected by art galleries for the best

effect.

Picking picture lights deserves some consideration. Consider the picture or art object. If the

painting has an area that needs highlighting then you could pick something like the house of troy

lectern light to add a point of visual interest to the painting by lighting it up brightly. If the

painting depicts nature scenes, you may want wider and softer illumination. This can be achieved

with a House of Troy 24 inch or 36 inch picture light, depending on how large the painting is.

These days you can also pick power saving LED strip picture light with just the right color

temperature to achieve the perfect result. Color temperature is important and should receive due

consideration. Color temperature of 5000 deg. K is considered equivalent to natural sunlight.

Color temperatures in the range of 3000 to 4000 deg. K have a decidedly warm yellow cast.

Color temperature above 5000, up to 6500 deg. K have a pure white to blue cast, ideal if your

painting has plenty of white-blue spaces or colors.

It may be difficult to retrofit picture lights since it involves wiring that can mar a beautiful decor.

In such instances you can pick battery operated picture lights using LEDs, the perfect and

compact space saving solution. LEDs, like filament bulbs, can be dimmed, making them still

better to illuminate pictures and art objects. Apart from low power consumption and the ability to

operate off batteries, LEDs have the advantage of long life and no UV radiation, thus avoiding

the issue of colors fading over time. The Troy Classic 14 inch LED light is perfect. It has an

adjustable, flexible arm to help you direct light on the painting.

Whether it is a huge painting that occupies a major portion of the wall or a small object d’art,

make sure you have picture lights installed to accent and highlight the area.