Display of paintings nowadays is not restricted to only art lovers' homes and artists.
As the awareness regarding importance of art in our lives is increasing more and more people are becoming aware of the positive effects of being near good art.
The health industry is coming up as an important place to display art.
Awareness for holistic healing has made importance of art in the limelight, as it plays a role in the well being of an individual.
Since hospitals and clinics cater to the sick and desperate people who come for relief it is very important to choose artworks that supplement the healing process.
Different colours, ranging from soft pink, white, blue, green and lavender work best for accelerating the healing process.
Avoidance of harsh and strong colours is recommended as it aggravates the mind and senses.
Soothing paintings of peaceful flowers, landscapes, birds and nature help to create a relaxing atmosphere and thus facilitate the psychological process of healing.
Animal paintings like cute cats and dogs which are in soft colours also are an effective option.
War scenes and dull colours or strong coloured abstracts must be avoided as they may aggravate the emotional set up of the patients as well as the inmates of the hospital.
Children's clinics can have story characters, fantasy characters and cartoon paintings to relax the environment in the pediatric ward.
It is advisable to keep the health industry area toned down but it definitely works to make an interesting lobby of the clinic or hospital.
As the patients and their relatives visit for consultation it helps them to relax and also diverts their mind for sometime from their problem.
Many a physicians have found this effective in dealing with problem patients.
The consulting hours pass easily for the patients when there are artworks displayed and form the topics for conversation.
Hence paintings not only help the patients but also the physician is relaxed and reenergized by the calmness that good paintings create.