Chicago in Pastels Art Print versatile soft blue and lime green

soft blue and lime green

The charcoal does the structural work and the pink stops everything from going austere — it gives a modern room a focal point without shouting

the dots give the composition rhythm

this kind of flower garden belonged to another kind of home — a Vienna villa with painted walls and dressed-up rooms

Chicago in Pastels Art Print versatile soft blue and lime greenSomewhere between Maira Kalman and loose painterly illustration, this Chicago cityscape refuses to behave. It pulls the eye straight down the avenue, past pink stone facades and tall grey towers, to a line of yellow cabs nosing through traffic. Put it up and the room gains a focal point that actually says something. Hallways feel longer. Living rooms feel a little more well travelled. Home offices stop looking like home offices. It hangs best at eye