Italian plates

The apartment in Rome had, surprise, blue and white china. And the blood oranges were in season, in fact the local grocery store had them in their fresh orange juice machine. Such gorgeous ombre colouring. That red. Those pink hues.

Small watercolour painting of a one bright red and orange blood orange sitting on a blue and white china plate against a luminescent coral pink background.

Small original watercolour painting of two orange and red blood oranges sitting on a blue and white china plate agains a coral pink background.

Small original watercolour painting of a bottle of fresh blood orange juice sitting on a blue and white china plate against a rose pink background.

I don’t know what the bright red wax on the stems of these pears means, but it’s quite striking.

Watercolour painting of two pears with bright red wax on their stems sitting on a white plate on a rose pink table.