and you find yourself squinting at it.

The ideally lighted painting will have a warm glow

dancing around the subject area.

Given average ceiling heights of anywhere from 8 to

12 feet, your tracks should be set between 3 and 3 _

feet away from the wall, this will keep the lighting

balanced. Further than this and the oblique angle will create

glare.  Any closer and you will not be able to light the

artwork properly and will invariably create hot spots. Should

you be placing your track on a peaked roof get a strong

enough bulb so you can hang it opposite the painting and

still illuminate the work.

If you have a high glare environment keeping

your light on during the day will help cut away the

glare and allow better viewing; however when you go to

sleep there is absolutely no reason to have lighting on the

artwork.

Plan for natural light settings as many of today's

homes have very large windows. You'll find paintings on

canvas deal well and display nicely in sunlight. Paintings

varnished in a less glossy finish have very little glare

problems and display well in natural light. If the natural

light is causing glare you cannot control, as a last resort I

would advise blasting the piece with light until you are able

to counter the glare.  This will sometimes work and

sometimes not depending on how powerful the glare

is.