Bertha Schaefer Gallery by Richard Baringer Art Print doorway The red carries across the

The red carries across the space without shouting

so it likes a bit of vertical room above and below

The big yellow sun and clean snowy peaks pull the eye the second you walk in

a bedside table or in a narrow strip of wall between a window and a wardrobe

the orange lettering adds a bit of warmth

Bertha Schaefer Gallery by Richard Baringer Art Print doorway The red carries across theStart with the bold red; it'll wake every wood and leather surface around it. This is a Richard Baringer exhibition poster from 1963, hard edged blocks of red, blue and purple held together by the original gallery typography along the bottom. The wall stops being polite. A room with a lot of beige, walnut or oak suddenly has a focal point, and everything else reads warmer next to it. The red does most of the work; the blue and purple keep it from