Strawberry Oil Painting Size:12"x8" A tropical cove opens across

A tropical cove opens across this acrylic scene

Feathers of honey

along a stairwell

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

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

Strawberry Oil Painting Size:12"x8" A tropical cove opens acrossA 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.