Collection
Wildlife Wall Art
Peacocks, horses, elephants, deer and birds — animals with presence
37 pieces in this collection
About Wildlife Wall Art
Animals are the most forgiving subject in the shop. A peacock or a running horse asks nothing of the room — no shared palette, no matching frame, no particular architecture — and it reads from across a space in a way a landscape rarely does. That is why animal art turns up in hallways, stairwells and children's rooms more than anywhere else: places you pass rather than sit in, where a piece has one second to earn the glance.
What each animal is doing on a wall
The peacock is the workhorse here, and it is chosen for its palette as much as the bird. Teal, cobalt and gold in a single subject will pull a whole room together, and the fanned tail gives an artist an excuse for pattern that reads as luxury rather than as busyness.
Horses are about motion. Seven running horses is a specific and deliberate subject — it carries an association with forward momentum and good fortune that makes it a common choice for offices and entrances rather than bedrooms. A single stallion in surf is the same energy at a smaller scale.
Elephants read as steadiness and memory, and they suit a room that wants weight without noise. Deer are the quietest option in this collection — usually rendered in cool palettes and often with an element of fantasy about the antlers. Birds, macaws and hummingbirds, are pure colour: small subjects that work in a set of two or three where one alone would look lost.
Palette first, animal second
If the room is already busy, choose a stylised or monochrome treatment — a gilded silhouette, a line study — and let the shape do the work. If the room is plain and needs an event, the full-colour plumage pieces are what that wall is asking for.
Where they go
Hallways and stairwells for the bold subjects. Above a sideboard for a single strong animal, at roughly two-thirds the width of the furniture. Bedrooms suit the quieter end — deer, swans, a single bird — where a fanned peacock tail would be too much to sleep under.
Read About Wildlife
- SubjectWhat the Peacock Means in Art — and Why It Suits So Many RoomsThe peacock turns up in Hindu painting, Art Deco design and contemporary print alike. Here is what it symbolises in each, and the practical reason it works on more walls than almost any other subject.5 min read
- SubjectWhy Seven Running Horses? The Meaning Behind the PaintingSeven galloping horses is one of the most reproduced subjects in Indian and Chinese interiors, and the number is not arbitrary. Here is what it stands for, which direction they should face, and where the piece belongs.4 min read