She says: "I thought they were so beautiful, that I just had to paint them. I love using watercolour as a medium partly because of its transparency, and I enjoy the challenge of finding different ways of exploring this. In this painting (fresh from the brush!) I have deliberately kept the paint very watery and delicate, so that the wonderful patterns and shapes made by the overlapping leaves are not obscured, but emphasised. Maple Leaves ( size 13" x 10") will be on sale, sensitively framed, for £300.
