There's a particular kind of light that arrives with summer; it’s longer, warmer, and maybe even a little more forgiving. It changes how a room feels the moment it comes through the window.
While this seasonal atmosphere has many of us breathing a little deeper and feeling a little brighter, we think that art can do something similar. We all know, don’t we, that the right piece doesn't just decorate a wall; instead, it holds onto that feeling of long evenings and open doors, bringing warmth into your space even in the depths of January.
While we’re making the most of the long days, we thought we’d explore a few of the ways customers are bringing summer into their homes this year, and how to keep that feeling once the evenings start drawing in.
Golden Fields and Long Light
Paul Evans has a rare talent for landscapes that transport us to times and places we recognise, even if we’ve never seen them before. Nothing says summer more than a wild meadow flooded with late-afternoon gold, a scene that instantly slows a room down. In Wild Summer Meadow, a field of wildflowers stretches out under a soft, sunlit sky, encouraging you to slow down and breathe deeply.
This is the kind of piece that can work just as well brightening a dark corner or adding warmth to a bright, airy space, a guest room that needs lifting or a sunlit landing that could use more depth. It’s a piece that genuinely lights up your everyday.
Coastal Days and Salt-Air Nostalgia
For many of us, summer means the coast - children
playing in the sand, boats on the horizon, or just the particular shade of blue the sea turns on a good day. Sherree Valentine Daines' Joyful Summer’s Day captures that feeling perfectly, three children running along a sunlit shoreline in a scene full of nostalgic charm.
Coastal pieces like this suit relaxed, informal spaces
- a holiday home, a nursery, a conservatory, any room you want to feel a little more like a holiday.
Full Bloom
While colourful flowers can really brighten a space, not everyone wants a landscape. You might instead, enjoy the abundance of an overflowing vase. These still life works from Vanessa Cooper are overflowing with English garden blooms and painted with the kind of warmth and humour that runs through all her work.
Floral pieces like this bring a wonderful colour and texture into a room, providing both cosy warmth and brightness in one frame.
Mediterranean Warmth
For those who want to travel distances through their art, we have a number of artists whose work takes us further afield.
Tom Butler has just released some new pieces inspired by the glamour, vibrancy and relaxed elegance of the Mediterranean coast. Riviera Way makes the most of his mixed-media style, always rewarding a closer look with it's hidden details woven throughout. And for a coordinated display, it pairs beautifully with its companion piece, Days Like These.
Whether you choose a fondly remembered location or bucket-list destination, these pieces suit a dining room or living space where you want a touch of escape built into your everyday.
Living With Summer All Year
The nice thing about art is that, unlike the season
itself, it doesn't fade. A landscape painted in golden light will still be golden in November. A coastal scene will still carry that sense of ease in the depths of winter. We always encourage our visitors to choose a piece not just for the moment it captures, but for how it makes a room feel every day you walk past it.
