Hang this where the side-light hits and the soft blue-grey sharpens. It’s a fast, happy piece of painting, and a room picks up that energy straight away. Put it on a wall people walk past a hallway, a kitchen run, the gap above a low sideboard and the whole route feels lighter. It sits comfortably with painted walls, pale timber and simple linen, and it gives a quiet, tidy room something to smile about without shouting. Keep the wall around it fairly clear so the running shape has room to move. Don’t crowd it with heavy pattern, busy photo grids or another animal portrait staring back one dog at full speed is plenty. As a canvas, the painted surface reads as one continuous piece of work.