Tomatoes on a Striped Cloth Canvas Print Size:40x50cm / 16x20in Keep the surrounding palette quiet

Keep the surrounding palette quiet so the aura does the talking

On the wall it softens a room without going twee

and a chocolate chip cookie where the ball should be — a quiet joke drawn in plain hand-drawn line work

abstract art over the rowing machine — this piece wants to be noticed

Tomatoes on a Striped Cloth Canvas Print Size:40x50cm / 16x20in Keep the surrounding palette quietSeen beside linen, the still life loses nostalgia and gains grit. Cream jugs, olive sprigs and a plate of ripe red tomatoes sit on a blue striped cloth by an open window. The colours stay quiet soft greys, off white, a strong hit of red so the print does the work without shouting. Hang it in a kitchen above a sideboard, in a small dining room over a console, or on a galley wall where morning light hits. It plays well with scrubbed wood, cream