Tortoise Painting Image Size:40"x28" The brushwork is loose and

The brushwork is loose and atmospheric

overcast sky

light timber and crisp white furniture

layers of crimson and ember dissolving into one another like heat shimmering over a horizon

A flowering tree spreads over the cobbled path that winds down past the dwelling

Tortoise Painting Image Size:40"x28" The brushwork is loose andThree small turtles line up along a moss covered rock in this warm, sunlit photograph, their patterned shells gleaming in low golden light. Each one is caught mid step, dark legs and striped necks stretched forward as they make their way across the stone above still water. Behind them, a softly blurred bank of green foliage glows in the late day sun, scattered with bright bokeh highlights. Below, the calm pool mirrors the rock and the leading turtle,