Between Conversations between conversations smouldering palette works powerfully against

smouldering palette works powerfully against rich timber panelling

The shadow frame (also known as a floating frame or box frame) creates a floating effect

This painting holds that same quality

Two soft forms

Between Conversations between conversations smouldering palette works powerfully againstTwo figures. One sofa. Entirely different worlds. Between Conversations holds the charged silence between people who have stopped speaking but haven't yet moved on the one in the white hat commanding the foreground with effortless authority, his companion retreating into thought, a glass half raised, a sentence unfinished. Painted with heavy impasto brushwork in warm ochre, gold, slate and cream. For interiors with the confidence to hold a