On a warm afternoon, the green looks almost illegally fresh. That is what this still life does to a room: it takes a plain warm-grey wall and gives it depth, shadow and one clean note of colour. Hung up, the space feels settled rather than styled. It works above a sideboard, on a narrow dining wall, or in a study where you want something to look at while you think. Pair it with warm wood, aged leather, linen and a stoneware bowl or two. Keep the wall around it fairly bare, and don’t crowd it with bright graphic prints or busy pattern; the shadow in this piece needs a little breathing room to do its job.