Unlike most still life art, this doesn't wait for approval. A bentwood chair sits on a green and brown checkerboard floor, orange cigarettes smouldering in a white dish while dark leaves trail overhead. It brings a quiet strangeness into a room — the kind of piece that makes people stop and look twice. Hang it in a kitchen with tiled floors, above a small hallway console, or on a studio wall where the light shifts through the day. It sits well with warm woods, cream walls, dark green cabinets and mismatched vintage furniture. Skip it in very formal rooms, or where every other piece is already loudly patterned — this one likes a bit of breathing room to do its work.