An open door allows natural light to illuminate the pale background casting shadows on the table top and putting half the small dish into shade.  The fabric is pulled back as if it were a curtain.  Like Majolica Plate, you can see the interplay of a real lemon with a painted version.   The smooth curve of the bowl with patterns of leaves and small red/orange swirls accentuates its shape, the spiral of the half peeled lemon repeats the swirl pattern

Oil on linen panel  2015   44 x 39cm  17 x 15in