A young hippopotamus peers over an invisible barrier, its head tilted with curious, expressive eyes and textured gray-brown skin rendered in soft watercolor and ink. The composition is intimate and playful, with the hippo occupying the lower half of a cream-white ground, creating a sense of gentle wonder and connection. At home in a nursery, child's bedroom, or playful living space. A Baltic birch top with the artwork printed across it, made to order on steel legs in black or gold. The center of the room as an independent artist's work, not a flat-pack lookalike.