Bertha Schaefer Gallery by Richard Baringer Art Print doorway It carries a portrait wall

It carries a portrait wall on its own and doesn't need a busy room around it to make sense

The cream ground keeps things calm while the soft pink checks and pale blue lettering do the heavy lifting

Avoid stacking it next to other busy abstracts or strong patterns — give the brushwork room to breathe

the orange lettering adds a bit of warmth

and the eye is pulled to the water and that single bright sun

Bertha Schaefer Gallery by Richard Baringer Art Print doorway It carries a portrait wallStart with the bold red; it'll wake every wood and leather surface around it. This is a Richard Baringer exhibition poster from 1963, hard edged blocks of red, blue and purple held together by the original gallery typography along the bottom. The wall stops being polite. A room with a lot of beige, walnut or oak suddenly has a focal point, and everything else reads warmer next to it. The red does most of the work; the blue and purple keep it from