Unlike most bird art, this doesn’t wait for approval. A blue tit sits front and centre on hot coral pink, with orange, grey-blue and small check patches breaking up the background. Hang it and a quiet room gets an instant focal point the pink does the work, the yellow and blue keep it cheerful rather than shouty. It suits a living room chimney breast, a kitchen wall above the counter, or the far end of a hallway where you want something to walk towards. Pair it with off-white or soft green walls, warm wood, linen and cane, and a check cushion to echo the pattern. Don’t crowd it with other loud colour work give it space and let it lead. As a canvas the thick paint marks read as real texture from across the room.