Even the linen in here starts looking expensive next to warm brown. That is what this piece does it takes a room that has gone slightly flat and puts a bit of life back into it. The soft grey-green background keeps things quiet while the dog does all the work, ears flying, legs mid-stride. Hang it in a hallway where people pass it every day, or above a sofa or sideboard in a family living room. It sits happily with linen, aged leather, warm timber and stoneware in earthy browns. What it does not want is competition: keep other strong pieces on nearby walls rather than beside it, and skip busy patterned wallpaper directly behind. As a canvas the painterly texture reads more like an original study on the wall.