| In order to help give a room a classier touch, interior | | | | contemporary fine art. |
| decorators have used sculptures to bring in a mansion | | | | Colors of Inuit sculptures tend to be polished shades of |
| or even museum-like feel to a home. This is particularly | | | | blacks, grays, browns, greens and whites. Inuit artists |
| true for the interior decorating of living rooms, dens, | | | | also tend to utilize relatively neutral colors for their art |
| home offices and hallways. When many people | | | | prints which work well with all color ranges of today's |
| consider sculptures as home decor, the thought comes | | | | more natural styles of interior decorating. Adding an |
| to ancient Roman or Greek mythological characters | | | | Inuit sculpture on an end table, mantle or shelf gives a |
| like Apollo, Venus or Zeus. Others think about abstract | | | | living room or office that gallery touch. An Inuit art print |
| contemporary fine art sculptures that are sometimes | | | | on the wall of a hallway or corridor also works the |
| difficult to interpret. Since there has been a trend in | | | | same way. Since the majority of people especially |
| recent years towards a more natural look with more | | | | outside Canada have never seen Inuit art before, such |
| earthy color tones for interior decorating, Inuit art from | | | | artwork in a home will often end up as conversational |
| the Canadian Arctic north can fit in nicely as part of | | | | pieces with guests. |
| home decor. | | | | There are Inuit stone sculptures to suit almost every |
| Most subjects used in Inuit art tend to be focused on | | | | price range and budget at about $100 to several |
| the observations that the Inuit people (formerly | | | | thousand dollars for large, intricate pieces. Most can be |
| referred to as Eskimos in Canada) make of their | | | | purchased at galleries located in major Canadian cities |
| Arctic surroundings whether the pieces are soapstone | | | | but there are now a few galleries located in the USA |
| sculptures or prints of drawings. We often see Inuit art | | | | and Europe that specialize in this form of art. Not |
| depicting Arctic wildlife including polar bears, seals, | | | | surprisingly, the latest retail source of Inuit art is on the |
| whales and walruses as well as lifestyle scenes | | | | internet. This development is especially useful for those |
| involving family or hunting. The Inuit have been carving | | | | who are not located near an Inuit art gallery. Check out |
| stone sculptures for thousands of years but it was | | | | some examples of Inuit art either in a gallery or online |
| only introduced as fine art to the modern world on a | | | | and imagine how a piece or two can be part of your |
| significant scale during the 1950s. Today, Inuit art has | | | | home's interior decorating. |
| gained international recognition as a valid form of | | | | |