Even the plaster in here starts looking expensive next to bright blue. That is what this kingfisher does it takes a flat, quiet wall and gives the whole room a starting point. Colours in the rest of the space suddenly look chosen rather than accidental. Hang it in a living room above a low sideboard, or on a hallway wall where you get a hit of colour on the way past. It sits happily with plain linen upholstery, cane, warm wood and simple cream ceramics. Skip busy patterned cushions and patterned wallpaper nearby the blue and cream checks in the painting are already doing the pattern work. On canvas the thick paint marks read softer and more hand-painted.