Matisse-Inspired Cat & Lemons Art Print

Matisse-Inspired Cat & Lemons Art PrintBecause Matisse knew restraint, the coral pink hits harder here. The print runs on hot pink, deep red and a slice of sea blue, with a black cat sat dead centre on a striped floor. Put it on a wall and the room warms up by a few degrees. Quiet rooms get a pulse; colourful rooms get a focal point instead of more noise. It earns its keep in a kitchen, a sunny hallway or a bedroom that needs lifting. Hang at eye level, on its own, with a bit of breathing

Where to hang it: above a kitchen counter or breakfast nook

Works best on a hallway wall

A watercolour view of the Alhambra Gardens in Granada — the long reflecting pool

Bedrooms suit it

not decorative

set against warm grey and finished with a serif title

on what a girl with a book can do

Hang it where you walk past it — a hallway

but the colours don't sit politely

hung at eye level above a console

It lifts darker corners and gives a plain painted wall a reason to be there

First glance: that deep blue strip of sea