Cerfs by Maurice Pillard Verneuil Canvas Print

Cerfs by Maurice Pillard Verneuil Canvas PrintThink of it as Mucha with less reverence and better instincts. Verneuil draws three deer into a birch lined meadow and lets the chalky cobalt distance do the heavy lifting quiet, observed, never sentimental. On the wall, a room of oak, linen and warm whites suddenly has a centre. The ochre meadow tone bridges natural timber and brass; the bone whites of the birches lift any chalky off white wall. Hang it above a low sideboard, a writing desk, or a

Skip anything too busy alongside it — heavy florals

It also lifts a long hallway where the vertical pull does the heavy lifting

plain walls feel deliberate rather than blank

lilac daisies and a wash of green and blue meadow

Skip it next to other heavy typography prints or a busy gallery of food art — it wants room to be the loud one

Hang it where the room already feels grown-up and a little bookish — above a writing desk

the cobalt blue looks almost illegally fresh

Skip the busy gallery wall around it — this one wants a bit of room to breathe

breakfast nooks and dining rooms — above a sideboard

Skip it in heavy traditional rooms with dark wood and heritage paint — the humour will feel stranded

The white of the dress lifts a dim corner

Empty walls stop reading as empty and start reading as restful