This painting bursts with the warm, intoxicating essence of summer. A vase of vibrant flowers sits atop a richly patterned tablecloth, their colors and shapes like bursts of joy against the soft rhythm of the waves in the distance. The flowers—bold red-pink gerberas, deep purple-blue bellflowers, golden yellow coreopsis, and orange Geum—seem to defy gravity. They stretch and sway in playful abandon.

The atmosphere is sultry, alive with the feeling of an evening walk by the river—where the world softens under the weight of a warm, lingering dusk. The bouquet, the heart of the painting, rises in the center in a blue vase. On its surface, the pink text catches the eye, the words “strawberries” and “belly”:

“strawberries on the summer evening,
baby you’re the end of June,
I want your belly
and that summer feeling.”

These words seem to hum in the air, seductive and sweet, the lyrics of Harry Styles’ “Watermelon Sugar” encapsulating the mood of sun-dappled afternoons and balmy nights.

This is a painting that celebrates the bliss of summer—the heady sweetness of fruit on your lips, the carefree joy of walking barefoot with friends, the simple, radiant pleasure of being alive and in love with the season. Every detail sings of freedom, of lightness, and of the summer romance that lingers like the last golden rays of the day.