On a warm afternoon, the teal looks almost illegally fresh. The bird sits square in the middle of a sand-coloured background, so the colour does the work without shouting. Put it up and a plain wall suddenly has a focal point: navy, teal, peach and a jolt of red, all held together by dark green leaves. It earns its keep in a kitchen, a hallway or a child’s room, at eye level where you pass it daily. Pair it with pale wood, painted cupboards, linen and simple stoneware. Don’t crowd it with lots of other bold patterns or fussy florals; give it a calm wall and let the colours breathe. On fine-art paper the textured, hand-printed feel of the shapes stays crisp.