Rainbow Forest Painting Size:40"x20" This piece carries the warmth

This piece carries the warmth of an arid evening and the resilience of life that flowers against the odds

so the whole garden seems to shimmer in the heat

Delicate watercolour washes give each petal a translucent glow

while tiny golden centres and a scattering of fresh green leaves add fine detail

Heavy palette-knife work gives the foliage a real

Rainbow Forest Painting Size:40"x20" This piece carries the warmthA full rainbow arcs across a mountain valley in this radiant painting, its seven colours doubled by the mirror still lake below. Snow dusted peaks rise at the centre of the composition, edged by dense ranks of pine that darken the left shore and frame the water. Above them the sky glows apricot and rose, clouds lit from within by an early sun, every tone falling again onto the surface in a perfect inversion. The brushwork stays soft and blended,