Yes, William Lewin knew how to charm a room and how to cut. The little treecreeper sits high on the page, and all that empty off-white space does the work: it pulls your eye up and makes the wall feel taller and quieter. Hang it in a bedroom, a study or along a hallway where you pass it slowly. It sits happily above a chest of drawers, a writing desk or a bedside table. Pair it with linen, warm brown wood, rattan and cream walls. Don’t crowd it with loud colour or a busy pattern right beside it the space around the bird is the point, so give it breathing room. As a canvas the off-white ground reads softer and more matt, with no reflections.