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Furred and feathered pests…in their multitude its murder….by association. Because as we all know the collective noun for crows is a murder while a group for rats would be a mischief.
Theres no shortage of pests in the world. Here may I present to you the finest of them all in International Pestsellers
Flat peach and dusty blush dominate the background of this print, warmed by soft terracotta shadows, while the two crows carry deep blue-black with a cool violet sheen, and the rat introduces a mid-toned grey-brown that bridges the two. That combination of warm blush ground and cool, near-aubergine darks makes it unusually versatile: walls in warm off-white or pale peach echo the background and let the figures step forward without strain; a deep slate grey or muted charcoal picks up the cool violet in the crows’ plumage for a more dramatic analogous pairing; and a soft warm terracotta wall draws out the shadow tones already present in the artwork for a fully tonal, enveloping scheme. The print belongs to the International Pestsellers collection – a series that finds a dark, deadpan wit in the creatures most people would rather not think about – and it pairs naturally with other prints from the collection to build a gallery wall with real personality. In the home it reads best somewhere with a little attitude: a study or home library where art can be properly looked at, a hallway where the crows’ gaze meets visitors head-on, or a living room styled along gothic maximalist, dark academia, or urban-industrial lines. A natural-history or cabinet-of-curiosities aesthetic would also be entirely at home with it. It makes a considered gift for anyone who finds corvids genuinely compelling or who appreciates humour on the grimmer end of the spectrum.
Printed with archival pigment inks on Enhanced Matte art paper – a smooth, gallery-grade stock with a soft, glare-free surface – the finish reads as museum-grade without any of the cold clinical feeling a glossy print can have. That matte surface sits well in both a slim black or natural wood frame and a more ornate gilded moulding, since there is no sheen to compete with. At A4 (21 × 29.7 cm) or A3 (29.7 × 42 cm) the print works on a shelf, a desktop easel, or as part of a mixed gallery wall where scale variation adds rhythm. A2 (42 × 59.4 cm) is where the figures gain real presence and the print can hold a wall on its own, and A1 (59.4 × 84.1 cm) turns it into a proper statement piece for a larger room. At A0 (84.1 × 118.9 cm) the crows become genuinely imposing and the print is best treated as the anchor of an entire wall. This design is also available as a ready-to-hang canvas print at 28 × 40 inches (70 × 100 cm), requiring no frame.
