Try it above the writing desk; the vertical will do the editing. A small, well-chosen piece in a corner that already has books, paper and a lamp does more work than a big landscape ever would. The room reads as considered rather than crowded. Hang it at eye-level above a desk, a narrow console or a reading chair, where the bird's face lands roughly where yours does when you sit. Pairs well with aged leather, dark wood, brass fittings and stacks of older books. Skip the bright primary-coloured posters alongside it — the joke lands harder when the rest of the wall stays quiet. On stretched canvas, the oil-painted texture carries through with a quiet, gallery feel.