This isn’t wall filler. It’s dark green with a point of view. The coat, the boots and the sleeping spaniel do the talking, and the rest of the picture stays quiet and pale. Hang it in a hallway or boot room and the whole space stops feeling like a corridor and starts feeling lived in. It also earns its keep beside a back door, above a low bench, or in a snug where lamps come on early. Pair it with aged leather, wool checks, painted panelling and brown timber. Keep the wall around it calm skip busy patterned wallpaper and cold chrome fittings, which fight the soft brushwork. On premium fine-art paper the brush texture and pale floor keep their softness.