Before anyone mentions the loose brushwork, notice what the soft blue does to plaster. The moment it goes up, a pale wall stops looking bare and starts looking like a room with a view the sea sits quietly in the middle, and everything around it feels a little cooler and calmer. Hang it above a bed, a sideboard or a low console, or use it to lift a long hallway wall where you need somewhere for the eye to rest. Pair it with cream linen, pale wood, rattan and stone surfaces in warm off-white. What not to do: crowd it with strong pattern or hot colour on the same wall the whole point is the open space in it. On premium fine-art paper, the brushmarks and cream ground keep their soft, matt quality.