Coastal Italian Retreat Art Print

Coastal Italian Retreat Art PrintWe like coastal scenes best when they come with a little abrasion. The brushwork here is loose, the orange sky is bigger than it needs to be, and the sea is a flat, bright turquoise it stops the picture being polite and tips it into a proper holiday mood. Put it up and the room gets warmer almost straight away. It works above a sofa, a sideboard or a console in a bright living room, and lifts a galley kitchen or a sunny hallway. Pair it with rattan,

market umbrellas

A grinning Labrador

the tiger portrait stops looking decorative and starts working

the soft blue sky cools any room that runs too warm

and gives a sofa wall something to hold onto without shouting

It brings a holiday mood into the room without going kitsch

Works best on a hallway wall

which is the trick with good pop art

Printed on premium fine-art paper for sharp colour and clean white margins

a pine or oak table

Works with oak and walnut

with optional real wood framing if you want a finished edge