Mandarini e corbezzoli - Maria Emanuela Fiori

Three mandarins hang from a branch in the middle of a pale mint ground, surrounded by cream star-shaped blossom, dark green leaves and clusters of red and orange strawberry-tree fruit. Coral, ochre and two greens are laid over one another until the whole sheet reads as a single flat, crowded pattern.

Gouache on paper, laid on in flat washes with the outlines drawn in over the colour. Maria Emanuela Fiori is an Italian illustrator, born and living in Sardinia, who works in dense gouache and takes her forms from nature. Available as a poster or fine art canvas print in multiple sizes.