Hakuba Valley, Japan Canvas Print

Hakuba Valley, Japan Canvas PrintPut bluntly, your living room can carry more soft pink than it thinks. This is a snowy mountain village at first light, with the Japanese Alps blushing in the cold morning sun. What changes when it goes up: the room feels a little quieter and a little more travelled. The cool blues calm things down; the warm pink across the peaks stops it feeling chilly. Where to hang it: above a low sofa, a console in the hallway, or a sideboard in the dining room.

It also holds its own on a study feature wall above a writing desk

The shapes are loose and hand-painted

There's a reason painters keep returning to summer holidays

clubhouse mood without going full themed

or a small console near the coffee machine

It gives a quieter room something to look at without taking over the conversation

oak and a few terracotta pots and it locks in

Travel ephemera and a few well-thumbed books help too

the lines stay sharp and the colours stay clean

This is a piece that earns its space by saying something — and the wall it sits on becomes a quiet anchor in the room

the pink does the flirting

a bedroom that wants a softer landscape than the usual seascape