Start with the bright red; it’ll wake every oak cabinet and timber worktop around it. The crab anchors the lower half, with a loose still life of wine, glasses, berries and herbs floating above on a soft cream ground.

Drop it into a kitchen or dining room and the mood shifts straight to relaxed dinner-party territory. The red carries the energy, the cream keeps it calm, and the small dashes of blue and yellow do the rest.

It hangs best above a sideboard, between cabinets, or on a clear stretch of wall by the dining table. Portrait shape, so it suits narrower slots where a landscape would feel cramped.

Pair it with painted timber, pale stoneware, linen napkins and a mix of warm and cool metals. Brass taps and chrome handles can both live with this happily.

Don’t bury it behind open shelving or hang it where steam and splatter can reach give it a clean wall and let it do the talking. Stretched over a wooden frame and ready to ha