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This is a scene that I caught while visiting our house near Orgiva in Southern Spain. On a sunny day in May 2010 we were exploring the local area and I saw this olive grove swamped with poppies and other wild flowers. I grabbed my camera and took a series of shots, one of which provided the basis for this painting. If you look carefully, you can see may favourite dog, Oscar, going for an afternoon stroll.

Award-winning artist, Richard Harpum, paints in a realist style, paying meticulous attention to detail. His medium of choice is acrylics on canvas or board but he also uses oils and paints watercolour florals. Richard's primary focus is landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes and gardens but he also paints portraits, still lifes and florals. The effective use of light is a key ingredient to all of Richard’s works and he spends a great deal of time before starting a painting in selecting a composition that provides both drama and contrast. Born in Bromley, England, in 1951, Richard has had a passion for drawing and painting from a very young age. As a youngster, he was always drawing and became a prolific painter after he received an...