Pine Cone Painting Size:24"x36" The animal's fiery orange coat

The animal's fiery orange coat blazes against the cool palette behind it

A single bearded iris dominates this acrylic study

gold and silver

It feels well placed in a snug reading corner or above a low cabinet in a calm sitting room

Pine Cone Painting Size:24"x36" The animal's fiery orange coatThis warm woodland study places a single open pine cone at its heart, its scales spread wide in tiers of amber, russet and burnt sienna, each one catching the light as though touched by late autumn sun. The cone rests on a soft cushion of green pine needles that fan outward beneath it, their slender strokes lending a gentle, living energy to the base. Behind it, an impressionistic forest dissolves into hazy greens and golden ochres, suggesting sunlit