Village of Saint Emilion | French Hilltop Canvas Wall Art Print

About Village of Saint Emilion

A square aerial view looks down over a French hilltop village, taken from above the rooftops. Terracotta and grey stone buildings press together around a small square where tiny figures walk past awnings and a shopfront. A square bell tower rises on the right skyline. Every tree and hedge is rendered in bright infrared yellow, from the large canopy filling the lower left corner to the distant fields that fade into a flat yellow plain along the horizon.

The upper half is given over to sky: heavy grey and white cumulus cloud banked against strips of teal blue, with soft edges that contrast the hard detail of tiles, shutters and cobbles below. The surface is smooth and photographic, with fine texture in the stonework and rooftops. Its character comes from the collision of an ordinary old town with unnatural yellow foliage, which reads as familiar and strange at the same time.

A square format that suits a living room chimney breast, a dining room wall above a sideboard, or a home office where a single image can hold the wall. The yellow lifts grey and charcoal sofas, pale oak furniture and white walls; pair it with black metal frames, linen and simple ceramics. Browse more blue art, brown and earthy art, or read Art above the bed: what size and how high.