Stingray Painting Size:24"x16" Whole lemons and bright slices

Whole lemons and bright slices are arranged on a worn wooden chopping board

the eye just visible in quiet watchfulness

copper and warm orange against a cool teal background

viewed from high above as if glimpsed from an aircraft window at altitude

Stingray Painting Size:24"x16" Whole lemons and bright slicesA majestic manta ray glides through sunlit water, its broad wings outstretched as it banks gracefully above a rocky reef. Shafts of golden light pierce the surface and fall in soft beams through the blue green depths, catching trails of rising bubbles. The ray's pale underside and spotted back are rendered with fine detail, while shoals of tiny fish flicker among the coral and weed below. The mood is serene and otherworldly, a single quiet moment in