Office Wall Art for Sale

Original abstract and contemporary paintings for workplace walls, hand-painted and signed, chosen for compositions and palettes that support focus in a professional interior.

Can you match office wall art to our brand colours or cover a whole floor?

Yes to both: we accept commission briefs with a specific palette, so a painting can reference your brand colours without turning into a logo on canvas, and for projects across several floors or locations we can put together a curated selection with volume pricing and coordinated delivery.

An office without art feels temporary. It tells staff, clients and visitors that nobody has fully committed to the space. The work here is chosen for the demands of a workplace: compositions that support focus instead of pulling at it, palettes that sit well with professional interiors, and the quiet authority that separates a designed room from a decorated one. Bold abstracts suit creative studios, while calmer, layered pieces are easier to sit under all day in a private office. In shared areas we will steer you away from highly figurative or emotionally loaded work, since everyone has to live with it. Send us the walls, the sizes and the budget and we will come back with options.

Us: Original Acrylic on Canvas by Ziba Vishteh | VanArtHub, an original painting in the Office Wall Art collection
Us: Original Acrylic on Canvas by Ziba Vishteh | VanArtHub · $2,168.00

Which office walls should get art first?

The walls that earn art first are the ones visitors actually face: the reception feature wall, the main boardroom wall, and whatever sits behind your people on video calls. We rank them in that order because attention is not spread evenly through an office. A visitor may spend four minutes in reception and two hours in the boardroom, but reception sets the expectation the boardroom has to live up to. Corridors come next, and they are underrated. A corridor is the one place everyone in the building walks every day, so a run of smaller works there is seen more often than any single showpiece. Break rooms and private offices come last, and that is fine. Not every wall needs art, and we would rather you hang four strong pieces than twelve forgettable ones.

What size painting fits each type of office wall?

The right size depends on the wall's job: feature walls need one large work, corridors need a series of smaller ones, and a video-call wall needs a mid-size piece placed beside your head, not behind it.

Wall typePainting width (cm)Painting width (inches)Note
Reception feature wall120 to 180 cm47 to 71 inOne work, centred on the sightline from the door
Boardroom main wall100 to 150 cm39 to 59 inHang opposite the screen, not beside it
Corridor run40 to 60 cm each16 to 24 in eachSeries of 3 to 5, evenly spaced
Video-call background60 to 90 cm24 to 35 inOffset from centre so it frames the speaker
Private office50 to 90 cm20 to 35 inSized to the wall above a credenza or desk

For big walls, browse large wall art first and work down, because undersized art on a feature wall is the most common mistake we see in office photos.

Colorful Roots: Original Artwork by Melina Ghaemi | VanArtHub, an original painting in the Office Wall Art collection
Colorful Roots: Original Artwork by Melina Ghaemi | VanArtHub · $2,168.00

What works behind you on video calls?

The best video-call art is a calm, mid-size original hung so it appears beside your shoulder on camera, sharp enough to read at webcam resolution but quiet enough that people watch you, not the wall. Test it on a real call before you commit to the hook position. Cameras crop tighter than you expect, and a painting centred on the wall often ends up as a sliver behind your ear. Our see art on your wall tool lets you preview a piece on a photo of the actual wall before buying. Abstract work tends to survive webcam compression better than detailed imagery, which is one reason our abstract collection is popular with people who spend their day on camera.

How high should office art hang?

Hang office art so the centre of the painting sits 145 to 155 cm (57 to 61 inches) from the floor, which puts it at standing eye level in reception and corridors. The exception is seating areas: where people are mostly sitting, drop the centre by about 10 cm so the work meets a seated gaze. Every piece we ship arrives ready to hang with its Certificate of Authenticity, and delivery is free and insured in Canada and the USA. One honest note: measure twice before ordering for a corridor. A series that is even slightly cramped reads as clutter, and generous spacing beats one extra painting. If you are still deciding why the office needs art at all, our office art hub covers budgets and approvals.

Frequently asked questions

Do you give us anything showing what the art is worth for insurance or the landlord?

Every piece ships with a Certificate of Authenticity naming the artist, the title and the medium, and your order invoice shows what was paid. Those two documents are what an insurer or a facilities team normally asks for. Keep them with the building records rather than taped behind the canvas. If you need a second copy of either one later, message us and we will send them again.

How do we split one long blank wall between several paintings?

Treat the wall as one shape and fill about two thirds of its width in total. Pieces here reach about 135 cm wide and about 152 cm tall, so a long lobby or corridor wall usually needs two or three canvases with a hand width between them rather than one giant piece. Keep the centre of the group near 145 cm from the floor so it looks like one work.

Can we order matching artwork for three offices in different cities?

Not matching, because every piece is a one of a kind original, but we do this often with a set by one artist. We pick three works by the same hand in a similar size and palette, so the three offices feel related without being copies, and each one ships separately from Vancouver to its own address. Send the three wall sizes and the budget and we will build the set.

What is the difference between this collection and your office art collection?

This page leans to larger canvases and a wider price range, roughly $80 to about $3,000, and it is where the boardroom, lobby and reception scale work sits. The office art collection is a smaller, lower priced group starting around $72 that suits meeting rooms, corridors and home offices. If you are furnishing a whole floor, most teams pull from both pages rather than one.

Can we get a shortlist for our floor plan without paying a consultant?

Yes, our art advisory is free. Send the floor plan or photos, the wall sizes in cm, and the total budget at /pages/art-advisory, and we come back with a shortlist chosen against those numbers instead of a page of everything we sell. We will also say which pieces we would not put in a boardroom. There is no fee and no obligation to buy from the list.

We want one big painting for the lobby but the budget is small. What do you suggest?

Buy one strong medium sized piece rather than a large weak one. Large canvases here sit near the top of the range, around $3,000, and stretching a small budget to reach that size usually means settling for work nobody in the building likes. A well chosen painting near 90 cm, hung on the right wall, does more for a lobby than a big cheap canvas.

What should I hang on the wall behind a reception desk?

Behind a reception desk, hang one wide piece centred on the desk, sized to about two thirds of the desk width, with calm colour and no busy detail. Visitors read that wall while they wait, and staff sit in front of it all day on camera. Avoid faces looking straight out, because a painted figure staring at guests feels odd.

What size artwork do I need for a boardroom wall?

For a boardroom, the art should cover about 60 to 70 percent of the clear wall width, which usually means 100 to 150 cm (40 to 60 inches) wide on a standard wall, or a pair of large canvases on a long one. Hang it on the wall people face while seated, not behind the head of the table.

What is a realistic price for one boardroom painting?

A single boardroom painting large enough to hold the room usually sits between $700 and $2,500, because size and paint volume drive the price more than anything else. Smaller corridor and office pieces start much lower, from around $72. If the budget is tight, put the money into the boardroom and reception and use modest pieces everywhere else.

What art works best as a video call background?

The best video call background is one calm painting placed off to one side, behind your shoulder, in colours darker than your face. Webcams flatten everything, so fine detail turns to mush and bright white areas blow out. Pick soft shapes and mid to deep tones. Keep the piece small enough that it frames you instead of competing with you.

Will paintings in a busy office corridor get damaged?

Corridor paintings mostly get damaged by shoulders, carts, and door swings, not by light or air, so the fix is placement and hanging hardware. Hang corridor work at least 10 cm above shoulder height, keep it off the wall beside a door that opens toward it, and use two hooks or a French cleat so it cannot swing sideways.

Could a client have the same painting on their wall?

No, every painting we sell is a one-off original, so the piece behind your reception desk exists nowhere else. That matters more in an office than at home, because clients and competitors visit each other and printed decor from the same supplier shows up everywhere. Each piece arrives signed with a Certificate of Authenticity naming the artist.

Which office walls should stay empty?

Leave the wall directly behind a large monitor or TV empty, along with any wall inside two metres of a whiteboard in heavy use, and the narrow strips beside doors. Art there gets ignored or knocked. Empty wall is not a failure. Rooms need places for the eye to rest, and the pieces you do hang look better with space around them.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What style of art is best for an office?

Abstract and contemporary works with clean compositions and professional palettes. Bold abstracts energize creative studios; calm, layered works support focus in private offices. Avoid highly figurative pieces in shared spaces.

Can you match office art to our brand colours?

Yes. VanArtHub accepts commission briefs with specific palette requirements. We create works that reference corporate identity without becoming literal branding exercises.

Do you offer bulk purchasing for multi-floor offices?

Yes. For projects requiring art across multiple floors or locations, we provide curated selections, volume pricing, and coordinated delivery.

Should office art be rotated over time?

Rotating art every 12 to 18 months prevents visual fatigue and keeps the space feeling current. VanArtHub can curate a rotation program for corporate clients, and we coordinate installation with local installers in major North American cities.