Grumpy Frog by Matsumoto Hoji Canvas Print

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Grumpy Frog by Matsumoto Hoji Canvas PrintThis isn't wall filler. It's black ink with a point of view. A grumpy little frog, drawn in loose woodblock strokes after the 18th century Japanese illustrator Matsumoto Hoji. Hang it and the room loosens up. The expression does the work wide eyed, turned down mouth, sitting in plenty of warm off white space. It quietly pulls a smile out of anyone who notices. Works well in a kitchen, a study, a downstairs loo, or a narrow hallway where you want

Don't crowd it with other novelty prints

pale grey or soft sage all work

On canvas the colours sit slightly softer

woven baskets and ceramic stoneware

Hang it on its own above a console

This one borrows from mid-century travel posters: a leafy plane tree in the foreground

The room reads brighter and more curated the moment it goes up

with lemons

The room picks up energy without going loud

Here it's the loose brushwork — the strokes don't tidy themselves up

no second statement poster competing for the same eye

Don't crowd it with other travel posters of a similar vintage — it loses its calm