In the 1870s, this would have felt radical. It still does. A wide, misty river at sunset, painted in loose dabs of soft pink, grey and pale green with one small black cat’s head paddling calmly through the light. It lowers the temperature of a room instantly. Walls look softer, corners look further away, and hard modern furniture stops feeling so sharp. Hang it above a sofa, a bed or a long sideboard where you can sit with it for a while. It works with linen, boucl, mid-tone wood and matt ceramics in cream or green. Keep the wall around it quiet busy patterned wallpaper or a row of loud graphic prints will flatten the haze and you’ll lose the joke. On premium fine-art paper, the misty brushwork keeps its softness.