This is a view close to where I live. It is Strand on the Green on the River Thames, and the subject is Oliver’s Island. The island, or ‘ait’ to be precise, took its name from a story that Oliver Cromwell once took refuge there. A myth, of course.
I liked the cloud reflections in the Thames, which you don’t get so often downstream. The river is tidal so the scene will change, but that was the message I wanted when I set up my easel. I try to simplify everything I paint