Boy with Butterfly Net by Henri Matisse vintage gift] cool greys

cool greys

Don't crowd it with busy patterns or competing figurative work — it wants room to breathe

a writing desk or at the end of a hallway where the long tail feather can lead the eye

and a striped cup of strong coffee

It holds a wall on its own

Boy with Butterfly Net by Henri Matisse vintage gift] cool greysOpen the curtains at mid morning; the viridian will handle the drama. Matisse's 1907 portrait of a red haired boy with a butterfly net brings three big, confident fields of colour into the room deep cobalt sky, viridian hillside, oxblood earth path and lets them do the work usually asked of paint, rugs and cushions combined. Hang it in a room you want to wake up: a study, a hallway you walk past every morning, a corner of the living room that has gone