Red Currants in cup - Oil painting 20(h) x 20cm(w) - framed

Red Currants in Cup
20 x 20 cm, oil on board

This intimate still life celebrates the beauty of the handmade — both in nature and in human craft. A cluster of radiant red currants spills over a porcelain cup, its surface painted with delicate mountain scenes in soft cobalt blue. The interplay of light on fruit and glaze brings the scene to life, evoking a moment of quiet reverence. Inspired by D.H. Lawrence’s poem Things Men Have Made, this work is a tribute to the intimacy of touch — how objects shaped by human hands carry soul. The cup, lovingly formed and painted, meets the fresh vitality of nature in a visual conversation about beauty, impermanence, and presence. Red Currants in Cup is both a celebration and a meditation — a reminder that small things made with care matter deeply, and that the simplest pairings can be quietly profound.