Black Dog Among Morris Florals Canvas Print

Black Dog Among Morris Florals Canvas PrintRooms go quieter when deep terracotta is this sure of itself. A black dog stands calmly in a dense bed of Morris style blooms orange, cream, warm brown set against an almost black ground. The space around it warms up. Walls feel a shade richer, timber looks more honest, and the light from a single lamp suddenly has somewhere to go in the evening. Best hung at eye level in a hallway, a snug living room, or above a low sideboard where the dog meets you

There's a reason modern figurative artists keep returning to the woman-with-flower portrait

cream linen and a few terracotta or pale blue pieces dotted around

The flowers glow against a near-black backdrop — soft pink

Two foxes sit nose-to-nose under a small moon

Eye-level works best — close enough to read the words without straining

pale ash — picks up the gold and warms a couple of degrees

deep navy walls fight it

Stretched canvas brings a softer

traditional

yellow and coral

It earns its keep on a hallway wall

It changes the temperature of a room