Vintage Fish Painting Frame:Dark ash and echo the foliage of

and echo the foliage of real houseplants nearby

or along a wide hallway

It is a view that invites you to step straight into it

from the rounded cheeks to the small pink nose and the neat paws resting on the ground

Each leaf catches the light differently

Vintage Fish Painting Frame:Dark ash and echo the foliage ofDozens of fish crowd this antique naturalist plate, arranged in careful rows across a sheet of aged ivory paper. A scarlet snapper and a coral red bream anchor the centre, flanked by slender silver herrings, spotted gobies, striped perch and a spiny sea urchin. Along the lower edge the study turns to the seabed, where feathery seaweeds, a coiled shell, a puffer fish and fronds of branching coral are rendered in soft olive and sepia. Every specimen is