"Lemon Hush"
“Silence carries its own light, gentle and unassuming, yet full of presence.”
Lemon Hush (2025 ) is a soft metallic watercolour still life, where pale lemons rest gently in a bowl against muted greys and hints of warm orange. The painting captures the quiet beauty of everyday objects, transforming simple fruit into a moment of serene contemplation. Light and metallic shimmer move delicately across surfaces, creating subtle reflections and soft shadows that invite the viewer to pause.
Within this hushed composition, energy and colour are present but gentle, a quiet rhythm between vibrancy and calm. The work reflects the balance of life’s small joys: luminous, fleeting, and full of understated presence, offering a peaceful space to rest the mind and linger in stillness.
Reflections of Time (2025) is a collection of four still life paintings created in watercolour and metallic mediums, capturing fleeting moments where light, shadow, and reflection gently converge. Each work feels like a quiet pause in time, a snippet of the everyday transformed through glass, surface, and colour. Subtle reflections and shifting light create a sense of presence, inviting the viewer to linger within the moment.
While the series holds a sense of stillness, it is alive with movement and energy. Vibrant colours, soft shadows, and reflective surfaces allow light to travel through each composition, suggesting the continuous flow of time beneath the calm exterior. Together, the works explore how a single moment can feel suspended, even as life continues to move, offering a space where time slows and perception deepens.
Limited Edition of 50 Prints for each material and size option. All prints will be provided with a Certificate of Authenticity with artist, Michelle Ward's signature, original date created, size, original materials, and edition print number. All of our canvas prints come ready to hang and are printed with Epson’s latest 12 ink technology at 2440 dpi (HD Quality). Our printer uses premium quality framers tape and wire when finishing the back of all of our canvas prints. All prints are coated with a satin fade-resistant coating and are fade resistant for 200+ years.