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Snakes and Adders – The beginning. Innocence, Vitality, Joy – Life. Frangipani and Amaranth flowers symbolise Birth, Immortality, Beauty. Butterflies are a symbol of Resurrection, Joy, Transformation but also a symbol of the soul of the Dead.
Coiled through plumeria blossom and deep tropical foliage, this print carries a palette of blush pink, warm off-white, dusty rose-brown, forest green, magenta and a soft butter yellow – colours that sit comfortably in the warm half of the wheel and read as lush but gentle. For walls, the blush and dusty rose in the snake’s patterning make an easy tonal argument for a warm terracotta or clay wall: the same red-pink undertone, just deeper, so the print feels drawn from the room rather than dropped into it. Those same hues will lift beautifully off a warm greige or oat white – neutrals with a yellow-pink lean that echo the off-white and butter tones in the flowers without competing. If contrast is what the space needs, the dense forest greens offer a natural complementary bridge to a warm sage or deep muted olive wall, where the magenta blooms will spark without clashing. The mood is quietly wild – romantic and botanical, with enough edge from the snake and butterfly to prevent it tipping into pure decoration. It suits interiors a stylist would call maximalist botanical, tropical modernist, eclectic boho or dark romanticism with a light hand. This print belongs in a bedroom above a bedhead, in a reading corner beside a trailing plant, or in a bathroom where humidity-resistant framing makes a moody, unexpected statement. It is part of the Snakes & Adders collection – a body of work pairing serpents with vivid natural world imagery – and hangs naturally alongside other prints from the collection to form a cohesive gallery wall. It would make a considered gift for a plant lover, a snake keeper, or anyone who leans towards the beautifully strange.
Printed on Enhanced Matte art paper, a smooth gallery-grade stock, with archival pigment inks that give the colours – particularly the deep greens and the magenta – a richness the matte surface holds without glare or reflection, making it as readable in lamplight as in daylight and every bit as at home in museum-grade framing as on a casual shelf. The soft, non-reflective finish works with both slim contemporary frames and more ornate vintage ones, since there is no surface sheen to compete with decorative mouldings. At A3 (29.7 × 42 cm) the print sits well propped on a bookshelf or grouped into a gallery arrangement; at A2 (42 × 59.4 cm) it holds its own as a standalone statement piece above a console or beside a bed. For those who want to fill a larger wall without the formality of framing, this print is also available as a 28 × 40 inch (70 × 100 cm) canvas, ready to hang straight from the box.
