Cascading Foliage Poster

Cascading Foliage hangs a curtain of small leaves from the top of the sheet and lets it thin out as it falls, until the last strands trail off against bare grey ground. The leaves are drawn in black and pale straw over a flecked surface, dense enough at the top to read as shadow and sparse enough at the bottom to count individually. Gravity does all the composition here, and the lower third of the sheet is left almost entirely open. Nothing is centred and nothing is symmetrical. It behaves more like weather than like a plant study, which is what keeps it from feeling decorative.

A thin black frame could work well here, since it follows the darkest leaves and keeps the grey ground crisp. Oak softens the whole thing if you want it warmer. Above a chair or in a corner by a window the downward movement suits a tall wall. It pairs nicely with bouclé, herringbone floors and ceramics in off white.