Animal Oil Painting on Canvas Monet before anyone else has crossed

before anyone else has crossed the fresh fall

Position it on a feature wall behind a low sofa

The plumage glows almost translucent where the light passes through

One sunflower stands in sharp focus at the centre of an endless field

The blue background is worked in loose painterly layers

Animal Oil Painting on Canvas Monet before anyone else has crossedA marmot sits upright on a rocky outcrop in this loosely brushed oil study, its thick coat shifting from cinnamon and ochre across the belly to darker streaks along the back. The animal lifts its muzzle, whiskers catching the light, as though calling across an alpine slope. Around it, sketched tufts of mountain grass and pale grey stone ground the scene, while a soft sky of greys and muted blues sweeps behind in expressive, cloud like strokes. The