Plum colour study with green tomatoes

Like a little specimen on display this miniature is mounted on top of its mat, showing the edges of the painted board for character and texture. The artwork is 8cm x 9cm,, inside the frame.

One of a range of colour studies exploring the luxurious deep reds and plum tones of the season's fresh plums. The pairing with little bright green 'cherry' tomatoes that were late ripening on my vine at home, added a striking red-green complementary colour scheme. The result was exhilarating to paint.

This piece looks adorable in a kitchen nook, on a shelf, or among a collection of works in a picture wall. Sits sweetly in a dining or living room if you have a richly coloured country style.

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From my studio in Canberra, Australia I work to create ethereal abstract nature paintings that echo that feeling of ease and wellness that twinkles through you when you stop in a pocket of forest or under a tree, stepping into Earth’s embrace. I would love to show you around my studio in person. Meantime, please enjoy exploring this virtual shop, zoom in, peer close, and reach out with any questions.

In the tangle of the forest understorey, the connectivity of all things is most apparent to me. The sense of oneness and gentle alive-ness leads me to create layers of subtle, organic marks that invite the viewer in, like we lean in to listen when someone speaks softly. Paint is added or removed, responding to the moment; some things from life, some imagined, as though co-creating, until this pocket of wilderness is formed enough to hold us. Final flecks of colour are allowed to skip across the surface like sunlight on leaf, web or tiny wing. I’m exploring the concept of Nature as divinity, accessed by grounding in the wild-grown Earth that is the ancestral home for our species. The result, I hope, is artwork with a sense of the ethereal; that is somehow both divine-uplift and soft-landing – like opening the door to home.

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As featured on Space Invaders home renovations by channel 9 (season 6, episode 6), April 2026.