LAST OF 2025, 31 December 2025

Painted on the evening of New Year’s Eve, literally in the last hours of the year. Dried stems and seed heads came from a wild meadow, against the cool blue-grey ground, their warm ochre glows and the shadows they cast pull the eye, dark, pooling at the base of the vase, reaching outward across the surface. Gold, brown and solid below, while everything above is delicate and spare.

Acrylic on Stone Paper, 21 × 29 cm