Checkerboard Blooms Canvas Print dutch golden age paintings blue domes and the Charles

blue domes and the Charles Bridge crossing a quiet river

primary-colour cushions and soft linen bedding

Checked tea towels are welcome

Skip it next to high-contrast graphic art or saturated tropical pieces — the soft cream ground and fine detail need breathing room to do their work

The matte canvas softens the colours and gives the scene a calm

Checkerboard Blooms Canvas Print dutch golden age paintings blue domes and the CharlesWe like still life best when it comes with a little abrasion. The blooms are loose and painterly, but the pink, blue and black checkerboard underneath is doing something stranger wobbling, splashing, refusing to sit still. Put it in a room that already has personality. It pulls a quiet wall into the conversation, sharpens a colourful sofa, and gives a flat painted kitchen something to look at. Hang it where you eat breakfast, or on a hallway wall that