Red Panda Canvas Frame:Oak elegance its surface mottled with reflections

its surface mottled with reflections of the foliage that crowds both banks

amber and scarlet canopies arch over both banks

catching the leaves and turning the rising spray into pale smoke

while a carpet of fallen gold gathers along the forest floor

Red Panda Canvas Frame:Oak elegance its surface mottled with reflectionsA red panda clings to a slender branch, its rust orange coat rendered in expressive watercolour strokes that bleed into splashes of blue, green and ochre. The little creature gazes straight out, dark eyes alert above a white masked face and rounded ears, one dark paw gripping the bark. Loose washes of foliage and dripping pigment surround it, the painterly spatters giving the whole scene a spontaneous, hand worked energy. There is real character here,