what a gorgeous painting, how big is it and i'd have a rich greeny blue to match the darker colours in the painting

Hi Kelly, A lot will depend upon your frame and matting if there is any. For the matting I'd go for two mats - a finer one in the sandy/yellows of your picture and a much wider one in the midtone warm grey/greens that you pick from the picture and a dark dark brown or black frame (I'd make the matting as wide as I could to focus the eye on the centre which is your picture - remembing that wider mats will make your picture bigger and add to the impace). For the wall I'd try to pick up one of the warmer blue/greys but keep it lighter so that your walls blend. Good luck.

At this stage it will remain unframed. thanks

That's the interesting thing with art - opinions are like belly buttons - everyone has one.

Our favourite is Lexicon Half! Such a versatile shade.

You may not be a fan of whites but If you have access to Resene colours I know many major galleries use 'Black White' as their backdrop which lets the art speak for itself.

Thorndon Cream in double or triple may work and has a few of the tones in the painting.

Good old Spanish white might also work but it is also worth thinking about the rest of your room and furniture and not just the art work.

A soft grey will work nicely.

I would use a colour from the painting and the green chairs and maybe go for a very very lighter green of a similar tone but you need to also consider lighting as well, e.g. does the art piece need a spot light to draw the eye to it, does it have glass and if so is that glass non reflective and does the picture have a frame and frame surround (that is not shown). I would have said to chose white for the walls as that makes art pop but you have already ruled it out.

blue would make the picture blend into the wall and you do not want that. If you do not like white then try offwhite - so with a hit of either grey, sand, or yellow.

PS Love this artists work - congrats on adding it to your collection

Hello, that is a fabulous painting! If you bought from a gallery it stood out on a very white wall, with the warm colours of the timbers and fireplace and green chairs you already have, my colour choice would be white. Interestingly my walls are painted Dulux Natural white, and as an artist myself, I need my work on white walls but I am changing that to Lexicon white 1/4 strength. As our new kitchen is Resene black and "Lexicon White 1/4", I wanted a fresher look! I always find it difficult to choose the right wall colour. Maybe get sample pots and do test strips. Definitely do not frame the painting. Lynfranke

Okay, firstly, this is very difficult to do without seeing the room in person. So rather than suggesting a colour, let me tell you some theory and hopefully you can work it out. The painting looks a little yellow on my screen, I think it would look different in person.

You want the image to stand out. What you're looking for is contrast between the image and your surroundings. Contrast can give seperation between elements and that's what you're after, the wall to receed behind the painting.

white is not cutting it because it's competing with the image. The image has some light bright tones ie it's bright and the white wall will be bright, so a while wall and the painting will both compete for your attention.

the other problem you have is all of the other elements in the room are darker and warm timber, we notice warm colours before cooler colours (ie blues) first, so it's likely all of thu sis competing against each other.

So to not compete with everything else, you want something cooler but also not saturated (without a lot of colour). You want people to forget about the wall.

again it's very difficult without seeing the room, so any colour I give you is not going to work. Get a few swatches from Bunnings and take them home and hold them next to the picture in the room. Narrow it down the 3 paints then get a small canvas, Bunnings is cheap, paint that with your colours and rest them on the wall with the painting. Move the canvas around the wall.

Good luck. Colour is difficult but just try and get something that doesn't compete with the painting.

Salmon pink. Teal. On trend - go for it! To hell with white!