Copper Reflected Tree Painting Size:12"x8" and the fins fan out

and the fins fan out in fiery yellow and crimson at the tail

Beyond the surf the open sea stretches pale and calm to a soft horizon

The image carries the quiet optimism of daybreak by the coast

in a narrow hallway

Copper Reflected Tree Painting Size:12"x8" and the fins fan outA lone tree stands at the centre of this composition, its bare winter branches spreading wide against a near white ground. Threads of warm copper and amber glow through the canopy, as though the last autumn leaves still cling among the fine grey limbs. Below, the tree mirrors itself in a soft reflection, the dark roots echoing the branches above in a quiet symmetry. The minimal palette and abundant negative space lend the image a meditative, almost