Mandarin and cup with camellia

Mandarin in a cup with camellia is a still life painting exploring colour and compositional relationship. I love the sumptuous colours of the teal aluminium, the rich orange of the mandarin and the sweetness of the pink flower. The painting is on 300gsm archival 100% cotton paper and the painted area measures 20 x 20cms.

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I am inspired by form, light, colour and pattern. I paint and draw because I enjoy it and want to record what I see that’s beautiful. I work as well and find that small paintings help me to keep painting in the gaps between my job and family life. Small paintings are also easy to post! I complete each painting in one session, always working from life.