Pat McCarthy Hydrangea Watercolor in Raspberry Jasperware Urn, Gilt Framed

A signed original watercolor by Pat McCarthy: a full head of pale hydrangeas spilling from a raspberry-pink jasperware urn, its white neoclassical figures caught mid-procession around the bowl. The kind of small, careful painting that used to hang in a front hall or above a writing desk, the sort of thing someone chose once and never had reason to move.

Set in an antique gilt frame with a beaded inner edge and a linen mat, the gold gone soft and honeyed with age. The pink of the urn does all the work here, warm against the cool greens and creams of the flowers.

Hang it where you'll pass it every day. Homes are meant to be assembled slowly, and this is a piece to start with.

20" x 18". Light and graceful, for a kitchen, a hallway, a wall that wants a little summer.