Recently I found a site where artists are desperately trying to rescue the masses from boring wallpapers, fractal designs, comic book backgrounds, and the like. In this place they have some really beautiful art to stare at for hours, and even make your own. Below are a few more of my favorites, and you can download them from the site at just about every different monitor size — even you ultra widescreen folks.
http://kitsunenoir.com/blog/category/the-desktop-wallpaper-project/