Three things it does fast: ground deep blue, sharpen brass, wake the living room. Louis Wain’s blue cat stares straight out, all yellow eyes and fine white linework, and it changes the temperature of a room within seconds. Walls feel quieter, woodwork looks warmer, and any room with character suddenly has a centrepiece. Hang it eye-level above a sideboard, console or low sofa, or let it run a hallway on its own. Pairs well with deep velvet upholstery, oak or walnut wood, brass fittings and vintage rugs. Avoid hanging it next to other busy portraits or competing patterned prints this cat wants to be the thing you look at first. On stretched canvas, the painterly gouache texture reads beautifully across the room.