Chicago in Pastels Canvas Print

Chicago in Pastels Canvas PrintSomewhere between Maira Kalman and loose painterly illustration, this Chicago cityscape refuses to behave. It pulls the eye straight down the avenue, past pink stone facades and tall grey towers, to a line of yellow cabs nosing through traffic. Put it up and the room gains a focal point that actually says something. Hallways feel longer. Living rooms feel a little more well travelled. Home offices stop looking like home offices. It hangs best at eye

slightly lower above furniture is better

painterly still life of figs and a peeled apple

Quiet rooms get a centre

It wakes a corner up without redecorating around it

It works best on a kitchen wall — above a coffee station

with real personality

It also earns its keep above a bed when you want something pretty but not precious

it reads warm and editorial

a yellow canopy and an armful of flowers

this beach scene brings the check

deep blue and cream

the tree of life loses nostalgia and gains grit