‘Too safe,’ said nobody standing in front of soft pink. This painterly kitchen still life pulls together a whole fish on a platter, a tin of sardines, lemons, spring onions and a dark wine bottle, all on a blue checked cloth. Hang it in the kitchen and the room stops feeling like a place where things just get done it feels lived in, cooked in, talked in. Works above a console, sideboard or stretch of open shelving. Pair it with painted wood, rattan, blue-and-white china and terracotta. Skip the polished monochrome scheme this one wants a little warmth around it, not a showroom.