Year of the Snake 2025 Art Print

Year of the Snake 2025 Art PrintNot because it's deep red, but because it refuses to fade back. This is a piece for the wall everyone walks past the hallway, the study, the back of the living room and it changes the temperature of that wall the moment it goes up. The black snake gives the room a focal point. The deep red and cream flowers stop it feeling severe. Hang it on an off white or warm plaster wall, at eye level, with a little space around it so the curve of the snake can

Plain sofas suddenly look intentional

ringed by red berries

warm wood worktops and a stoneware mug or two

a small bit of wall beside a doorway

The drawing is loose

and once it's on the wall the rest of the room arranges itself around it

a dining nook

multi-colour pieces — this one wants room to breathe

it reads like a small window onto somewhere colder

The pink dress is the only real colour

set against a soft blue sky

Even a grey morning gets a bit of southern Italy on the wall