This small oil painting forms part of The Pantry collection, which explores the quiet poetry of everyday objects. A single orange, half-peeled and resting on a tabletop, glows softly against a darkened background, its luminous segments beginning to reveal themselves.
Painted in oil at 15 x 15 cm and finished with genuine copper leaf edges, the work holds a close, intimate focus on texture and light. The curling pith, glistening juice, and gently separating segments create a sense of quiet unfolding within stillness.
In Tender Division, the orange becomes a study in intimacy and transformation. Suspended between concealment and release, it reflects on the beauty found in gradual opening, the moment something familiar begins to reveal its inner form.
Unframed: 15 x 15 cm | 5.90 x 5.90 inches.
Medium: oil on canvas.
Finishing: the artwork comes ready to hang, and is finished with genuine copper leaf around the side edges.
