Stockholm Harbour Morning

A traveller pauses on the quay as a cobalt-sailed dinghy and a smoking steamer cross Stockholm's waterfront, the pastel facades of Gamla Stan rising behind under a slate sky split by a single shaft of amber light. Rendered in the flat, confident gouache language of mid-century Nordic travel posters, the muted greys and burnt-orange clouds give it a cool Scandinavian poise. A lone biplane loops a vapour ribbon overhead. Restrained, atmospheric, quietly grand - a piece for a hallway that wants the hush of a northern port at first light.