Royal Rebellion Canvas Print visual arts A cream or chalky off-white

A cream or chalky off-white wall lets the pinks and reds sing

The red and deep brown stripes give a small room a jolt of warmth

contemporary finish straight out of the box

a touch fresher

Printed on thick fine-art paper with a soft matte surface that suits the painterly mosaic detail

Royal Rebellion Canvas Print visual arts A cream or chalky off-whiteBy evening, the portrait stops looking decorative and starts working. A crowned baroque sitter, painted in the old master manner, gets defaced with bright pink slashes across the eyes and the room sharpens up with her. Lamplight does the heavy lifting: the gold in the crown comes forward, the pink slashes glow, and the near black background drops away. Hang her where the wall takes a hit above a dark sofa, behind a writing desk, at the end of a