Matisse Nude with Oranges Canvas Print

Matisse Nude with Oranges Canvas Print'Too safe,' said nobody standing in front of red and orange fruit dropped onto a clean white page. This is the kind of piece that holds a wall on its own one black line drawing the figure, three pops of colour doing the rest. Hang it above a sideboard, a low sofa or a writing desk where it has room to breathe. It plays well with warm brown leather, oak or walnut timber, boucl and a single ceramic in clay or terracotta. Don't crowd it with other busy

with old exhibition-poster typography sitting calmly around them

brass and a bit of velvet

beside a deep-green sofa

woven baskets

and then the room around it lifts

A child's room gains a friend with attitude

The room slows down a little

The soft pink and deep green do most of the work

or in a breakfast nook where morning light can catch the yellow

Its more than art

Best on a calm wall — soft white

Off-white paint stops looking polite