Narrowboat at Colne Valley

A bright summer afternoon along the Colne Valley canal. Bold red against the soft greens of the tree above, the still water doubling the whole scene back at itself.

An original watercolour of a Grand Union narrowboat in the Colne Valley, on 100% cotton. The Colne runs through one of London’s least-known green corridors — a chain of working canals, ponds, and meadow paths between Uxbridge and Rickmansworth — and red-painted narrowboats moored under the trees are a fixture of the route. Midsummer light, the canopy heavy, the water holding everything in mirror.