Open the curtains at mid-morning; the dusty pink will handle the drama. From then on the wall stops being a blank stretch and starts moving a dog at full stretch, painted in quick strokes, with all that soft warmth behind it. Rooms that feel a bit still get a lift from it, and it does that without adding noise or pattern. Hang it above a sideboard, bench or low console, slightly lower than eye level, with the dog running into the room rather than off the wall. Pair it with linen, aged leather, dark wood and plain stoneware. Don’t crowd it with busy patterned pieces or a tight cluster of small frames the sense of speed needs open wall around it. As canvas the texture leans into the painted feel and the edges sit flush to the wall.