Indigo Bunting by John James Audubon Canvas Print

Rooms go quieter when deep blue is this sure of itself. Nearly all of this piece is warm cream paper, so the bird reads as one clean point of colour rather than a busy picture. Hung on a plain wall, it makes the space feel more considered and a little older, in the best way. It suits a study wall, a hallway run, or the gap between two windows. Keep the furnishings simple: linen, aged leather, painted wood, a stack of books. Avoid crowding it with other strong colours or heavy pattern nearby, and don't hang it beside glossy modern graphics, which flatten its hand-drawn detail. As a canvas it loses the glare and sits softly against the wall, which suits the aged background.