The striped awning, Île de la Cité

A quiet morning before the city fully wakes the red and white striped awning stretched wide, a single waiter moving between tables, the great limestone façade rising floor by floor above.

 The Île de la Cité in the early morning belongs to a different Paris unhurried, still setting itself up for the day, the café chairs being arranged with the same care they have been arranged every morning for decades. The red and white striped awning is wide and generous.

 A tree catches the early light. On their third morning together, they found this café by following the smell of coffee. They shared one croissant and two long coffees and talked until the island was busy around them.

He painted it later that week while the feeling was still fresh. A quietly beautiful piece the kind that earns its place on a wall slowly, revealing more detail each time you look.

Printed on poly-cotton blend canvas using water-based HP Latex inks with UV protection — colours that stay vivid for decades. Available as a stretched canvas ready to hang, or framed in white, oak, or black solid wood. Every size arrives with a sawtooth hanger, ready for the wall.

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