Park Bench, Orleans Park blue and excitement

and excitement

finding a moment between stillness and motion

Print of a hand drawn and painted watercolour illustration of a variety of potted cacti

in fact i don’t see a room where this couldn’t work

Medium: Acrylic

Park Bench, Orleans Park blue and excitementA study in oils of a park bench with dappled sunlight, my one and only attempt at painting outdoors (as opposed to drawing, which I do frequently), led to this after finishing it over a couple of days in my studio. There's definitely a feel of the outdoors about it and I can imagine sitting there, feeling very calm. It is a lovely reminder of the beautiful effects of Summer days. I like to create a feeling of quiet and peace in some of my work as