Strawberries in Blue Bowl

Oil pastel on paper

9.5 × 12.5 inches (24.1 × 31.8 cm)

This still life explores the relationship between warm and cool tones through the vivid reds of strawberries set against a cooler, muted ground. The contrast between these colour temperatures creates both balance and tension within the composition.

Worked in layered oil pastel, the surface retains visible marks and variations in pressure, allowing texture to shape form and light. Painted from observation, the piece focuses on colour as structure, where shifts in temperature define volume, space and atmosphere.