Black Cat with Bright Eyes after Miró Art Print

Black Cat with Bright Eyes after Miró Art PrintYes, Joan Mir knew how to charm a room and how to cut. A graphic black cat with rainbow stripe eyes, a small red nose and a scatter of stars, moons and shapes drawn in his loose modernist hand. The room gets a lift the moment it goes up: the off white ground keeps walls feeling open, the inky black gives weight, and the tiny hits of red, blue, green and yellow do all the lifting from across the room. Hang it at eye level on a calm wall above a

cream linen and a brass handle or two

Pairs with oak

a wooden chopping board on display

while the washed blue keeps everything calm

no busy patterned wallpaper

the Paris street scene loses its postcard nostalgia and gains a bit of grit

or in a downstairs cloakroom that needs a smile

This is a painterly Italian street scene in coral

Don't crowd it with other busy florals or competing pet portraits — let the cat be the joke

It defines it

earthy tones and playful layout make it a delightful conversation piece

Hang it at eye level on a chalky off-white or pale blue wall