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Tom Picking Strawberries

About the artist

Hello! I’m Challoner Spokes and I’m an Oxford-based painter inspired by nature and horticulture. I paint in oil and acrylics and also enjoy working in oil pastels. My work is representational but it is not bound by reality. I’m interested in shape, line and colour and I think my artwork reflects that. For me, light is important but primarily to show up contrasts in colour. I enjoy the line that interrupts colours to define shape and objects.

Title of artwork

Tom Picking Strawberries

Description of artwork

Tom had never done Pick Your Own strawberries before so we went to Rectory Farm in Oxford and got picking. We picked Strawberries and we picked rhubarb and then we went home and made crumble for tea. This painting is done in oil paint on canvas board and is 12 x 12 inches.

Materials used

Oil paint (Royal Talens Cobra, water-soluble) and canvas board.

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