Nothing in this dark green and cream palette whispers, even when the hallway does. The thick paint and hard horizontal slats do the talking, and that one watching eye keeps people looking twice. Hang it where someone passes it every day: a hallway run, a study wall behind a desk, or above a sideboard in a living room that can take a bit of drama. It sits happily with chalky painted walls, dark wood, cane and linen, and stoneware in earthy colours. Keep the wall around it clear busy patterned wallpaper or a crowd of small frames will fight the stripes and lose the eye. On premium fine-art paper the brush ridges and paint edges stay crisp and close to the original surface.