Plate 53 by Ogino Issui Art Print Color:Oak linen and a heritage paint

linen and a heritage paint colour — sage

Because the painter knew restraint

or at the end of a long hallway

it gives a quiet room something to look at

Plate 53 by Ogino Issui Art Print Color:Oak linen and a heritage paintAgainst pale oak, the dusky pink reads less sweet, more deliberate. The print holds its own without raising its voice a quiet Japanese woodblock study that brings movement into a still room. What changes when it goes up: the room slows down. The cream birds give the eye somewhere to land, and the sage band at the base settles everything below it. Walls suddenly feel finished rather than empty. Where to hang it: above a bed, a low console, or a reading