Patchwork Cat in the Miro Style Canvas Print pen-and-ink drawing with a dark green shadow

with a dark green shadow cutting across the face and a loose black outline doing the rest

Skip the busy floral wallpaper and the gallery cluster of small frames — this quote wants one clean wall and room to breathe

Don't crowd it with bold patterns or other figurative work — it needs a little quiet around it to breathe

This print works best on paper

the pinks and yellows do real work

Patchwork Cat in the Miro Style Canvas Print pen-and-ink drawing with a dark green shadowFrom the doorway, the cat reads clean. Up close, not polite. The blocks of yellow, blue, red and green sit on a chalky off white ground that looks scratched and scuffed, with confident black lines doing all the heavy lifting. Put this up and the room loosens. A quiet wall stops being polite. Conversations get a bit more colourful. It earns its keep above a sideboard, behind a desk, or on a kids' room wall where the rest of the styling is calm. Works