By late afternoon, the swim scene stops looking decorative and starts working. The pale greens settle into the room and the two small figures slow everything down — without making the wall feel empty.

It softens a room rather than fills it. Hard edges look less hard. Bright bedding looks calmer. The light from a window seems to spread further across the wall.

Hang it where you want a quiet moment — above a bed, along a long bedroom wall, in a calm bathroom, or at the turn of a hallway. Eye-level is plenty; it doesn't need to be high.

Works with linen, pale oak, rattan, soft wool, cream stoneware, off-white plaster walls and gentle greens elsewhere in the room.

The canvas weave softens the brushwork further and makes the water feel even more atmospheric.