Northern Mockingbird Plate XXVII Canvas Print

Because the illustrator knew restraint, the black hits harder here. Most of the page is quiet cream, so the bird's dark tail and wing bars read as the sharpest thing on the wall. Put it up and a plain room gains a small point of focus without gaining noise. It suits a study wall above a desk, a hallway run, or the gap beside a bedroom door. Pair it with dark stained wood, aged leather, cane, and linen in oatmeal or grey. Keep the wall colour chalky rather than bright white. What not to do: crowd it with big colourful posters, or hang it somewhere it competes with patterned wallpaper. It needs a little breathing room to work. As a canvas the surface is matt, which softens the aged paper tone.