Daily painting of Violets in an old ink bottle

Violets in an old ink bottle

15cm x 19cm (approx.6"x8"), oil on board Painting status: Currently at auction
Fri 6 Mar, 2026 · Daily painting # 3944 · 1 Comment

A daily painting titled "Violets in an old ink bottle", One of 3944 paintings created by the British artist Julian Merrow-Smith since 2005. This project has been featured in the NYTimes, The Guardian, The Times and the Sunday Telegraph.

Beautiful and evocative… documenting the changing seasons of the southeastern French region so idealised in Peter Mayle’s books, his artworks include colourful still lives and vivid sea and landscapes, as well as some wonderfully stern-looking self portraits…” The Times