Red Orchid Painting Monet Light falls cleanly from one

Light falls cleanly from one side

complementing both minimalist concrete and warmer traditional rooms

fiery orange petals and clusters of pink buds crowd the foreground

light-filled stairwell with its vertical line

Its sunlit greens and amber fruit play happily against pale walls

Red Orchid Painting Monet Light falls cleanly from oneA generous spray of orchids spills from a rounded turquoise vase, their blooms shading from coral and salmon to soft blush pink. Painted in a loose, luminous watercolour style, the petals seem almost translucent where the light passes through them, while trailing stems and a few green leaves cascade over the vase's curved belly. Behind the arrangement, pale aqua drapery dissolves into a wash of warm cream, and a scatter of fallen blooms rests on the