Winter Sky Painting Size:24"x16" Thick palette-knife strokes build the

Thick palette-knife strokes build the leaf-littered ground into ridges of ochre

and the background melts into a muted wintry blur that throws every feather into sharp relief

A summer garden in full bloom

pale oak and stone-coloured upholstery

soft greys and touches of warm terracotta

Winter Sky Painting Size:24"x16" Thick palette-knife strokes build theA pale winter sun hangs low over this softly painted landscape, its halo of warm light bleeding into a sky of powder blue and gentle apricot. A dark, meandering path threads through the foreground, picked out between drifts of snow and clumps of tawny dried grasses that catch the last colour of the day. Slender bare trees stand to one side, their fine branches feathering against the glow, while distant evergreens darken the horizon. The brushwork is