Strawberry Oil Painting Size:12"x8" the scene feels suspended between

the scene feels suspended between day and night

This lively oil painting gathers a shoal of sardines in vigorous palette-knife strokes

its surface glassy and almost still

the sun sinking into a low gap between rolling peaks that fade from warm gold to soft blue in the distance

or warm an entrance hall that greets you on the way in

Strawberry Oil Painting Size:12"x8" the scene feels suspended betweenA wicker basket sits heaped with ripe strawberries, its woven handle arching against a deep amber ground worked in loose, smoky brushstrokes. The fruit glows scarlet and vermilion, every berry speckled with tiny golden seeds and crowned by a green calyx, painted wet into wet so the highlights stand proud of the surface. More strawberries have tumbled onto the wooden table below, casting soft shadows across the worn boards on either side of the basket.