Orange

What's in the Orange edit

Orange shows up here in every mood: sun-ripe still lifes of oranges, lemons, and citrus cocktails; bold graphic silhouettes and colour-block abstraction; botanical bursts from poppies to daffodils; and a scattering of playful illustration, sardines, flamingos, a sea lion. Hilma af Klint's The Ten Largest brings early twentieth-century abstraction into the mix, while Daniel Coulmann's minimal sport courts and THE MIUUS STUDIO's graphic silhouettes carry the colour into a cleaner, more contemporary register. Between the two extremes sits a wide middle ground of warm still life and botanical work, orange used as the anchor colour rather than an accent.

Choosing paper or canvas

The graphic and abstract pieces — Orange Silhouette, Bold Color Blocks, Geometric Echoes, the sport court series — hold their flat colour and hard edges best on fine art paper, in A3, 50×70cm, 70×100cm, and A0. The more painterly and illustrative work, the citrus still lifes, the botanical bouquets, Coral Dreams, reads with extra warmth on canvas, where the woven surface softens the colour rather than flattening it. Canvas comes in 30×40cm, 50×70cm, and 70×100cm, with an optional floating frame. Black frames sharpen the graphic pieces; oak keeps the citrus and botanical work feeling warm rather than clinical.

Styling an orange wall

Orange is a confident colour to build a wall around rather than sneak in. A single large piece, Orange Orchard Elegy or Vibrant Orange and Yellow Flowers, works as a standalone anchor on a kitchen or dining wall. For a grouping, keep the format consistent and let the orange do the work: three still lifes and one graphic piece read as a considered set rather than a clash. It pairs naturally with our Food & Drink and Botanical collections for a warmer kitchen wall, or with the cooler, more graphic pieces in Abstract if you want the colour to read as pure pigment rather than subject matter.