Picked for You Canvas

The canvas version suits the flat gouache technique, because Alarcon Studio works in unmodelled colour that the weave gives a little life to. Six cream tulips lean out of a round cobalt vase above a band of deep burgundy, against a flat lilac wall. Stretched over a wooden frame and set in a float frame, the piece hangs forward of the wall with a shadow gap around it. No glass means the three flat colour fields stay even and reflection-free. It arrives ready to hang, with fixings already fitted at the back.

Lilac, burgundy and cobalt make a confident combination, so let the piece set the palette rather than matching it elsewhere. The horizontal format suits a wall above a bed, a sofa or a long sideboard. White and pale oak float frames keep the colours clean; dark frames make the burgundy heavy. One piece this bold is usually better on its own.