Watch the still life land, then the bright blue start doing damage. A chestnut horse, a blue-and-white ginger jar and a glass of lemon water sit on patterned tile all painted in loose, confident brushstrokes.

The room shifts the moment it goes up. Quiet kitchens and dining corners suddenly have a focal point, and the blue pulls every other cool tone in the room into line.

Best above a sideboard, console or breakfast nook somewhere people slow down and look. It also works as a cheerful anchor in a hallway.

Pairs well with rattan, pale oak, striped linen, real blue-and-white ceramics, and brass fittings. Cream walls let the blue sing.

Don’t bury it next to other busy patterned art give it room to be the loud one. On canvas, the brushwork reads as the real thing across the room.