Summer evenings

A grey tabby cat paces along a wooden shelf toward a white jug filled with pink lupines and daisies, beneath a straw hat clipped to a line with clothespins beside a striped cloth. Below, on a table draped in white linen, sit a wine bottle, a tin mug, an orange, a plate of cherries, a stack of books, and a small key hanging from the shelf edge.

Deep indigo shadow fills the background, intensifying the sunlit yellows, oranges and pinks of the objects in front. Paint is applied in firm, descriptive strokes with crisp edges, building a densely detailed still life full of warm, late-afternoon light.