Shhh I'm Reading - Jonas Loose

A young woman in a saffron-yellow dress reads in profile against a deep olive-brown background, a white ruff at her throat and a ribbon in her hair. Across her and the open book run three lines of soft pink brush lettering: SHHH! I'M READING. The pink is the only modern note in an otherwise eighteenth-century picture.

Hand-painted lettering laid over a public-domain oil painting, printed so the brushwork of both stays visible. Jonas Loose is an artist and designer from Hamburg who mixes vintage imagery with bold colour, typography and humour. Available as a poster or fine art canvas print in multiple sizes.