Flat colour that carries a room

Why pop art

Pop art works on the wall you look at most, not the quietest one

These pieces are built from flat colour and hard edges, so they hold their punch at distance where softer artwork goes muddy.

Pop art is one of the few styles that gets better the further back you stand. There's no fine detail to lose, so a canvas across a large open-plan room still reads clearly. The trap is hanging it somewhere you only ever pass at arm's length, like a narrow hallway, where the block colour feels loud and the composition never resolves. Give it a viewing distance of at least three metres if you can.

Go bigger than feels safe. A 60cm pop art canvas on a wide wall looks like a sample; 100 to 150cm wide reads as deliberate. Pick one colour out of the print and echo it in a cushion or vase rather than matching the whole palette. Avoid hanging pop art next to busy patterned wallpaper or heavily framed family photos, as both fight it. A plain white or deep charcoal wall gives the colour room to work.

How your print is made

1. Choose the size and finishPick a size, then stretched ready to hang or framed. The size guide on every print shows it to scale.
2. Printed to orderYour print is made on canvas in Melbourne once you order, at the size you choose.
3. Stretched, framed, checkedStretched or framed in Melbourne, then checked before it leaves.
4. Delivered free, Australia-wideMade to order in 10 to 14 days, then tracked to your door. Thirty-day money-back guarantee if it isn't what you hoped.