Rooms go quieter when pale blue is this sure of itself. Nearly half the picture is open sky, and that emptiness does the work in a room. Hung up, it pushes the wall back and makes a space feel wider and less crowded. It sits well above a sofa, a bed or a low sideboard, and it earns its keep on a long hallway wall where you walk past it rather than sit with it. Keep the company simple: linen, pale wood, cane, soft wool, a couple of stoneware pieces in sand or grey-green. Avoid stacking it against loud pattern or a busy shelf directly beneath the calm goes out of it fast. On premium fine-art paper, the soft brushwork in the grasses keeps its detail.