Buy an animal painting for the story. Keep it for the deep red. This is one strong shape on a quiet cream ground, so it does the job of a much busier picture without adding clutter. Hang it on a plain wall in a living room, study or hallway where the red can be the loudest thing in the room. It sits happily with warm woods, leather, wool and stoneware, and it wakes up a room built on beige and off-white. Keep the wall around it clear this piece loses its punch when it is crowded by shelves, mirrors or a run of small frames. As a canvas the painted surface reads like a real stretched painting on the wall.