'Olivia in garden, Esher', (2013), oil on linen, 71 x 107 cm  2013

This painting depicts a spacious rear garden in Esher, Surrey home of Robert, Sophie and Olivia Orman and John A Walker. My granddaughter Olivia (aged around nine) is seen from the back running and playing with an orange football. There are three dogs in the picture all Shih Tzu a breed favoured by my daughter Sophie. One dog standing in the foreground flower bed looks ou...