Cherry Gardens Portraiture Cut from paper

Cut from paper

creating bold fish & lily pads contrasting with the subtle green of the water

Oil and spray paint on Canvas

where Manhattan glows not once

Cherry Gardens Portraiture Cut from paperOil on Somerset Paper 29 x 34cm 2024, unframed Cherry Gardens is one of my smaller works, painted on paper, inspired by the Cherry Gardens in Rotherhithe, London. This piece is referenced from memory and snippets of a cropped photograph from a particular golden hour evening by the Thames. This piece in particular is more sentimental and personal to the way light, colour, and senses become overwhelming with the nostalgia of certain moments. The area