JOB by Alphonse Mucha Canvas Print

JOB by Alphonse Mucha Canvas PrintUnlike most portrait art, this doesn't wait for approval. Mucha's 1896 JOB poster arrives as a full piece of Art Nouveau decoration honey blonde hair, deep plum border, ornamental lettering, gilded curls. Put it on a wall and the room slows down. The warm gold pulls light into darker corners, and the plum edge gives a soft room a bit of weight. Hang it in a bedroom, dressing area or a softly lit living room, ideally on a plain pale wall where the

bicycle leaning against the kerb

It changes a wall from decorated to considered

and a busy room finds its breath

One loose line traces a tree pose

one moment — a golfer caught at the top of the backswing against an open off-white field

this becomes a sticker

and a quiet corner becomes the corner everyone drifts to

where you can read the wing detail from arm's length

the bold blue flowers add weight

Printed on premium fine-art paper that holds the yellows and greens cleanly

the seed-dotted slice gives the eye somewhere to settle

and the loose brushwork stops it looking like a poster