Oil on BOARD, 75x50cm, 2025 - £650

This painting of anemones is a meditation on rhythm, harmony and the play of light within form. The crisp white petals, set against a deep, cool neutral ground, establish a compelling dialogue of luminosity and shadow. Each bloom is both singular and part of a larger orchestration, their dark centres punctuating the composition with a visual cadence that draws the eye through the arrangement. Subtle inflections of pale yellow lend warmth, ensuring that the tonal contrasts never descend into severity but instead resolve into balance.

As part of an ongoing series exploring pattern in image design, this work emphasizes repetition not as redundancy but as resonance. The anemone—at once delicate and bold—becomes a motif for variation within order, the brushwork embracing an impressionist ethos where fleeting effects and atmosphere are prioritised over rigid exactitude. The result is a painting that feels harmonious, alive and gently immersive, where pattern itself becomes a source of beauty and visual interest.