Joyful Retriever in the Garden Art Print

Joyful Retriever in the Garden Art PrintHere's the trick: let the smiling retriever cut through all that timber. The colours are loud on purpose bright red, sky blue, deep green, all sketched in waxy pastel. Put it up and a quiet room gains a heartbeat. The dog looks straight at you, ears soft, tongue out, clearly delighted to see you. It works above a child's bed, on a kitchen wall by the back door, or at the end of a hallway where you want a small lift each time you pass. Keep the company

brass or chrome taps

and the soft pink flowerheads sit easy against a cream background

or above a hallway console

green upholstery suddenly looks chosen rather than inherited

the path leads the eye in

The reds and pinks pull the eye in

the coral pulls the eye

and the red dot in the middle is the bit your eye keeps coming back to

What to avoid: don't drown it in other strong characters

a terracotta planter or two

and woven storage baskets

linen bedding and the odd ceramic in a warm neutral