April Jewel is a 30 x 30-inch oil painting on canvas showing a kingfisher sitting on a branch of white blossom. It was painted after walking along the River Medway where apple blossom and hawthorn trees were blossoming in April. The painting is mostly greens, blues, pinks and whites, and is expressionist, semi-abstract, Art Nouveau in style. The thing I love most about exploring Sussex (or any) countryside is that, as you walk, you see so many little movements and viewpoints – especially through trees – that are fleeting but which sum up the day, the season and the area. This was a simple painting with no other significance than the urge to encapsulate a memory of a moment in April. The kingfisher did not appear on this occasion, but I have seen her there previously and I am good at pretending in the name of artistic licence. A good place to walk the Medway is at Chafford Bridge, Fordcombe TN30SP. The painting is on deep-edge canvas, with white edges, ready to hang on the wall. Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiHtUi2fi_4
