Doe Painting Monet Sunlight filters through the green

Sunlight filters through the green canopy above

twisting branches of an almond tree in full bloom

the kind of quiet charm that makes a child smile

A dapple-grey horse charges forward through open highland country

tilted rings sweep around it in pale gold and shadowed grey

Doe Painting Monet Sunlight filters through the greenPainted in warm, glowing oils, a spotted fawn stands amid a golden autumn thicket bathed in honeyed afternoon light. Loose, expressive brushwork builds the surrounding ferns, grasses and amber leaves, while soft dabs of white pick out the dappling along the young deer's flank. The whole woodland seems to shimmer in ochre and burnished gold, the background dissolving into painterly warmth so the fawn glows at its centre. There is a storybook gentleness