Rouge Palms, 2026 by Ray Patrick — original oil painting — 2026.116.056

Subject

Six palms in cobalt blue against a rose and coral ground, evenly spaced and seen whole, from crown to the bottom of the trunk.

Composition

The palms are set across the width at varying heights, the tallest at the left and right so the row dips in the middle. The ground is graded from dusty rose at the top to hot coral at the base.

Palette

The simplest on the wall — one blue against one warm field. Cobalt palms on rose, coral and vermilion, with nothing else in the picture at all.

Handling

The ground is scrubbed in broad passes with heavy incised marks scored into it, which show as paler scratches. The palms are flat opaque shapes, their fronds struck out from a single centre.

Medium and support

Oil. Flexible unstretched support, the surface scored and creased, the paint thin enough that both read through.

Signature

Along the bottom edge, raypatrick, in ochre capitals, widely spaced across the full width.