‘Too safe,’ said nobody standing in front of soft grey-green. It looks quiet from across the room, then holds you at close range, where the brushwork breaks the water into hundreds of small horizontal marks. A room gains breathing space when this goes up. Walls feel wider, corners feel softer, and a busy shelf below suddenly looks deliberate rather than crowded. Hang it above a low sideboard, along a hallway, or above a bed where the low horizon can sit just above the headboard. Pair it with linen, pale timber, stoneware and warm off-white walls. Don’t crowd it with high-contrast graphic pieces or bright colour blocks they flatten the haze and the whole thing stops working. On canvas the paint texture reads as a real painting from a few steps back.