SOLD Daisies and Pears - Original oil painting.

Daisies for the Pears
Oil on panel

In Daisies for the Pears, Leone Tonkinson elevates the ordinary into quiet poetry. Three ripe pears, their luminous green skins catching the light, rest against the crumpled warmth of a paper bag — a humble backdrop transformed into sculptural folds of amber and shadow. At their feet lie a scattering of daisies, their white petals and golden centers offering a tender counterpoint to the solidity of the fruit.

Belonging to the Petals & Presence series, the painting reflects on the balance between nourishment and adornment, the everyday and the symbolic. The pears embody sustenance and earthiness, while the daisies — fragile, transient, and freely given — speak of presence, companionship, and simple grace.

Through her attentive brushwork, Tonkinson invites us to pause and notice: even in the most familiar objects, beauty waits to be seen, whispered into being by light, color, and care.