Some portrait prints match a room. This one resets its pecking order. The face is built from flat blocks of purple, orange, deep red and acid yellow-green, with a soft green collar and a blue backdrop.

Put it up and the wall stops being background. Quieter pieces near it suddenly feel calmer. A plain sofa looks more considered. Evening lamplight pushes the orange and red forward and the purple settles back.

Best on a wall that can carry one strong piece on its own above a console in an entryway, on a downstairs loo wall, or beside a reading chair where it has room to breathe.

Pair with simple shapes: a plain off-white wall, oak or walnut furniture, a single ceramic in a muted tone. Keep the surrounding palette quiet and let the face do the talking.

What not to do: don’t crowd it with other loud portraits or busy patterned wallpaper. On canvas, the brushy oil texture reads close-up and the colour blocks hold their weight from a