Open the curtains at mid-morning; the dark green will handle the drama. Most of this piece is warm off-white, so the bird’s bottle-green head, soft pink breast and inky black markings do all the work on the wall. It brings an old-library calm to a room without darkening it. Hang it in a hallway, a study, or above a kitchen dresser where people pass close enough to see the fine pen lines. It sits happily with painted cupboards, aged leather, checked linen and stoneware. Keep the wall behind it plain and pale. Avoid crowding it with loud modern graphics or bright colour-block pieces, which flatten the quiet detail. As a canvas it reads softer, with a matte, ready-to-hang finish.