Oil on board 24cm x 24cm Ever since I first went to Napoli, I fell in love with the wrapped up oranges in these delicate papers. It felt like Christmas!

Oil on board 24cm x 24cm I so loved these eggs, that I settled straight down to paint them, before using them in the kitchen. I popped a little brown hen on top to show the scale.

Oil on canvas 24cm x 24cm The brown decorated pot behind the orange is an old French coffee jug with another cloth from Mali.

Oil on board 24cm x 24cm I love putting still-life paintings together. I have had a few handmade designed cloths from Mali. the citrous fruits looked good on this cloth.

Oil on board 24cm x 24cm This view is always full of interesting clouds and I did wonder if there would be a storm in the night.

Oil on board 24cm x 24cm I am very lucky to have a large field behind our garden and I can just walk out with my painting kit. This was in June, after a big storm in the night.

Oil on canvas 20cm x 24cm The following are little details I have liked while flying over in the hot-air balloon

Oil on canvas 20cm x 20cm I loved these stripes that appeared in the fields created by the farm machines.

Oil on canvas 20cm x 20cm This was one of my most memorable flights when we flew right over the centre of Pienza and into the Val d'Orcia to land.