Plate 13 by Ogino Issui Art Print action A row of Amsterdam canal

A row of Amsterdam canal houses in soft pink

the cream and gold warm everything around it

The black frame matters first

Works with linen bedding

which is most of the job in a kids' room or family hallway

Plate 13 by Ogino Issui Art Print action A row of Amsterdam canalAgainst walnut, the olive and sand botanical reads less sweet, more deliberate. Issui's leaves and cobwebs sit against a near black ground threaded with red, cream and gold, and they bring quiet weight rather than colour. Put it up and a room slows down. It does its best work in studies, snugs and bedrooms where the walls are already warm or chalky, and where the lamps do most of the lifting after dark. Hang it on its own at eye level above a low