Table Setting Canvas

The canvas version lends the pink tablecloth a soft grain that suits its thickly painted folds. Candles, white anemones and two dark red plates sit above a hand-drawn diamond floor, with the deep olive wall pushing the pink forward. Stretched over a wooden frame and mounted in a float frame, the piece stands clear of the wall with a narrow shadow gap running around it. The absence of glass keeps the colour saturated and removes any reflection from the surface. It arrives ready to hang, with the hardware already fitted.

A dining room or kitchen wall gives the subject somewhere logical to sit. The olive and pink palette works with warm wood and cream, and the float frame adds a quiet outline without introducing a third colour. Hang it at eye level above a sideboard so the table in the picture lines up roughly with the one below it. Keep the surrounding wall plain, because the folds of the cloth already carry movement.