Rha is a meditation on place—its textures, its history, its quiet rhythms. At its heart is a bundle of Yorkshire rhubarb, known for its vivid pink stalks and cultivated in candlelit forcing sheds, a tradition unique to this part of England. The rhubarb rests in a deep, darkly glazed English earthenware bowl, its surface catching a wash of sky-reflected blue—an accidental but poignant connection between earth and air.

Alongside it lies a pale, almost spectral pomegranate, a fruit long associated with myth and memory. A pair of curling scissors and a worn tar pan complete the arrangement—humble, almost forgotten tools with a kind of archival presence. Rha speaks to rootedness and time, to the way objects carry traces of their landscapes, and how domestic fragments can echo larger histories. It’s a painting about cultivation, about the alchemy of growth, and about the way we quietly inherit and observe the places we live.

Oil and gesso on board in antique frame. 119 x 74 cm