Rice Bird by John James Audubon Canvas Print

Rice Bird by John James Audubon Canvas PrintAgainst linen, the deep red reads less sweet, more deliberate. Audubon's pair of bobolinks settle on a red maple branch, drawn with the precise patience of a working naturalist. The wall gains weight without going dark. The cream ground opens the room up, the red seeds hold the eye, and the birds give the whole thing a quiet centre to circle back to. It earns its keep on a study wall, a hallway, or the run of wall above a console in a calmer living

woven rugs and linen in oat tones

A neutral bedroom or pale kitchen suddenly has a focal point

Avoid stacking it next to busy patterned wallpaper or very dark heritage paint

cream linen and a stoneware jug or two

and the soft pinks and sage warm up cream sofas

Hang this lakeside golf scene and a flat wall starts to breathe — fresh greens

it does the heavy lifting on its own

or beside the front door — somewhere people pause for a second

mustard cushions and a bit of brass

reflective river in greens and warm cream

console or low bookshelf — where the typography at the base sits within natural reading distance

this seaside cafe scene refuses to behave