Give the feature wall one hard decision, and let everything else relax. This is the loud thing in the room, and once it’s up, the rest of the wall can stay quiet.

The colour does the work. Deep blue and teal pull the eye in, the peach sky softens it, and the pinks on the rock faces stop it feeling cold. Walls calm down around it. A flat off-white turns into something deliberate.

Hangs well above a sofa, sideboard or console in a living room, or as a tall anchor in a hallway. The vertical shape rewards a wall with a bit of height.

Pair with oak or walnut, linen or boucl, brass fittings, and ceramics in soft clays. Travel books, plants, a low lamp it all settles around it.

What not to do: don’t crowd it with another statement piece on the same wall. Stretched over a wooden frame and ready to hang, with framed canvas options for a more finished edge.