I have, off and on, played with still life scenes where the vertical of the
backdrop is painted in some intense texture which challenges the sense of space,
but adds an overall visual "punch" to the image.  The tradeoff is between a nice
illusion of space and the visual scintillation of the background texture/pattern
which is alligned with the picture plane and can sometimes ( especially in my
paintings ) work as a tromp l'oeil surface texture.  This harkens back to
Matisse, as I am sure you know.
Your idea of darkening the backdrop, overall, is worth a try.  The moire effect
is a tradeoff between realistic scale of the rattan, and the interference
patterns caused when the scale of the pattern approaches the scale of the
resolution.  Maybe I will try a different pattern.

Stephen Bell wrote:

> Speaking strictly as an art student, the background is taking the attention
> away from all of your beautiful objects.  The antialiasing creates some
> strange patterns, and the bright coloring is pretty harsh.  Is there any way
> to scale up the pattern on the back wall so that the antialiasing wouldn't
> do weird things to the lines?  And maybe darken the wall or make your light
> source not shine quite so directly on it.  Great scene otherwise.  Keep up
> the good work.
>
> Stephen
>

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