Painting with Berries Size:8"x12" slate grey and deep walnut

slate grey and deep walnut furnishings

light stone flooring and a single green plant to extend the tropical note

lending any wall a sense of tranquil refuge

blurred woodland falls away behind

concrete and dark timber finishes

Painting with Berries Size:8"x12" slate grey and deep walnutThis close up still life crowds the frame with clusters of glossy redcurrants, their translucent skins catching the light like little jewels, each berry holding a soft white highlight and a dark blossom end speck. Slender golden stems thread through the bunch, weighing the fruit down over a thick swirl of cream that fills the lower half of the composition. The painterly white impasto reads almost like whipped cream or fresh ricotta, a soft bed against