Design, Layout, Arrangement, Curation

Early in my career I was fortunate to be able to work at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, under some of the greatest curators in the Western United States — visionaries such as Stephanie Barron, Maurice Tuchman, George Kuwayama, Pratapaditya Pal, and Cecil Fergerson. As well, I worked with legendary artists who came to the museum to personally magage exhibitions of their artworks, including Sam Francis, Ken Price, John Baldessari, and one of my art heroes, Richard Diebenkorn.

And I was lucky enough to work directly under James H. Kenion, a pioneering Museum Technical Services manager who, because of my earlier experience in architectural drafting, charged me with drawing up detailed plans for exhibits and installations prior to the physical installing.

But arranging art in homes came quite by accident. I started my business about 15 years ago intending only to do picture hanging. It was a surprise to me how many clients would ask me for placement advice: Which pictures should go where? Would these paintings look good next to each other? How high should this painting hang? Can you suggest an arrangement for these family photos? Can you design a gallery wall?

While I can’t give you anything close to an accurate count of how many art pieces (and other wall-hung decorative items) I’ve arranged, it’s probably safe to say that of the 100,000+ pieces I’ve been involved with in more than 3500 private homes, I’ve consulted on the arrangement or layout of at least half. Sometimes this is incidental to the installation — done near the beginning of the installation visit prior to hanging, or throughout the visit. Other times it’s a distinct visit, for one of a variety of reasons:

A new client has just moved into a home and doesn’t want to take on the task herself of arranging all the art she brought from her previous home; an interior designer prefers not to design the layout of twenty to a hundred (or more) art pieces; a past client has just acquired one or two new pieces and wants advice on the best wall in his home to hang them. Sometimes it’s my only visit, as the client prefers to hang the art herself, or has already hired another installer but wants expert layout advice first.

Whatever your reason, know that I can work with you to design the perfect arrangement of your art, family photos, sports memorabilia, gold records, diplomas, or any other decorative wall pieces you want to display. Text or email me to discuss further.