Copper Reflected Tree Painting Size:12"x8" Beyond the surf the open

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

Bathed in the warm glow of a low sun

in a narrow hallway

and sits beautifully against muted grey-blue walls

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

Copper Reflected Tree Painting Size:12"x8" Beyond the surf the openA 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