Oil on canvas, stretched and ready to hang.

Signed on the front.

This painting is a finalist for the Bluethumb Art Prize 2022.

Bowl of lemons and butterflies is part of my long-running the Bowl series. I love painting lemons and I have been painting them numerous times in my still life. I never get bored of painting it. I love their golden yellow colour that play contrast with the blue and white porcelain bowl. The butterflies are flying around to add a sense of life to the picture.

Lemon is a symbol of happiness and prosperity. In the Dutch still life, lemons symbolise luxury as well as the ephemeral of life