What’s the living room missing? Warm ginger with some nerve. This Highland cow lands like a friendly personality in the room rather than a picture on a wall the flat blue-grey background keeps it calm, while the pink, lilac and rust brushmarks in the coat pull warmth into cooler paintwork. Hang it above a sofa, a sideboard or a kitchen table where people already sit and talk. It gets on well with linen seating, warm brown leather, pale wood and stoneware. Keep the wall around it quiet: one strong animal face does not want busy patterned wallpaper or a tight cluster of small frames fighting for attention beside it. As a canvas, the painted texture reads convincingly from across the room.