Le porte-lettres Chantourné painting inspired by trompe-l'oeil paintings by Cornelius Gijsbrechts in the 1660s. A picture of this kind is often called a 'quodlibet', Latin for 'what you please', i.e. 'all sorts'. Acrylic on board 2010.

'For me a picture should be something likable, joyous and pretty. Yes, pretty. There are enough ugly things in life for us not to add to them.' August Renoir