Open the curtains at mid-morning; the deep brown will handle the drama. The birds do the rest a full wall of wings in off-white and grey, layered until the whole surface reads as pattern. Hung up, a flat wall gains depth and a bit of movement without any extra colour to manage. It works best above a low piece of furniture, a sideboard, bench or bed, where the eye can travel across it. Keep the company simple: linen, leather, dark timber, plain stoneware. Skip busy wallpaper, strong florals or another patterned piece on the same wall this one needs the space to itself. As a canvas the heavy paint texture reads as genuinely hand-worked.