Pastel Rowhouses in St. Louis Art Print

Pastel Rowhouses in St. Louis Art PrintThis isn't wall filler. It's soft pink with a point of view. A row of painterly townhouses in brick red, blush and navy, with the Gateway Arch tucked into the sky behind. Hang it and the room loosens up. Walls feel warmer, a tired corner finds something to look at, and the whole space leans a touch more cheerful without trying too hard. It earns its keep above a sofa, in a hallway you walk past every day, or on a kitchen wall that needs colour without

One pale pumpkin

but the off-white border around it keeps the wall calm

The colours are confident but the shapes are loose

study or above a sideboard in a dining room

this Puglia alleyway refuses to behave

and the small figures give the eye somewhere to land without making the room feel busy

a tiny silver plane crossing a wide blue sky

The figures stop looking sweet and start feeling watchful

and the navy tile grid keeps the whole thing buzzing

This painterly Italian still life

Hang it and the room stops apologising

It belongs above the loo