The Ten Largest, No. 8 by Hilma af Klint Canvas Print

The Ten Largest, No. 8 by Hilma af Klint Canvas PrintUnlike most abstract art, this doesn't wait for approval. It announces itself in soft pink, pale blue and warm yellow, then quietly insists on being looked at properly. Put it up and a flat wall starts breathing. The looping shapes give the eye somewhere to wander, and the colours warm a cool room without making it sweet or twee. It wants daylight. A bedroom wall opposite a window, a wide hallway, or the bit of a living room that always feels a little

The cool blues bring air in

the room shifts warmer

A small trailing plant nearby earns its keep

Watch the balloon dog land

and the navy silhouettes at the base give it enough weight to hold its own

Flat blocks of coral

Hang it up and a quiet room gets a clear focal point

this kind of tiger helps

This one stares straight back at you from a deep navy ground

drawn with the unhurried confidence of a 1920s Japanese woodblock

behind a bed

and real plants in plain terracotta pots