Try it above the sideboard; the horizontal flight line will do the editing. A wide band of deep teal with cranes mid-wing pulls the eye left to right and quiets everything underneath it.

The room calms down. The deep background absorbs daytime glare, and by evening the gold detailing at the base catches lamp light and the cranes seem to lift.

Hang it low — eye-level with someone seated — above a long sideboard, console or low bookcase. Best on a chalky off-white, deep green or warm clay wall.

Pair with warm wood, brass, linen and stoneware. A single table lamp does more for this piece than any picture light.

Don't stack other busy art above it. The wrapped edges read clean from across the room, so leave space on both sides.