A solitary cypress rises from a sunlit Provencal hillside, its slim dark trunk set against shimmering midday air. Loose, broken brushwork scatters flecks of lavender, olive and pale ochre across the broad open scene, while sunstruck white stone glows through the haze. Light-filled colour and lively dabs of paint give this landscape a warm, breezy immediacy that brings southern France into any room.