A vase of glowing orange tulips fills this joyful original oil painting with warmth, elegance and the freshness of spring.
Joanne Short has arranged the flowers so that each stem bends and turns in its own direction, creating a graceful rhythm across the square canvas. The tulips open in rich shades of orange and coral, while their long green leaves rise from a decorative ceramic vase patterned with flowers of its own.
The painting is built around a confident story of complementary colour. The warmth of the orange tulips is heightened by the deep blue patterned background, while the green and yellow chequered tablecloth gives the composition a strong geometric foundation. Pattern, colour and form are carefully balanced, creating a painting that feels both lively and beautifully controlled.
There are gentle echoes of Matisse and Bonnard in the way domestic space, flowers and pattern are brought together through colour. Joanne’s work also connects naturally with the Cornish colourist tradition, particularly in her use of flat, carefully placed areas of colour to create harmony, clarity and visual pleasure.

Above: Cornish artist Joanne Short at work in her subtropical studio garden on ‘Orange Tulips in a Cornish Kitchen’, a 12 × 12 inch original oil painting on canvas.
Her elegant use of line gives the tulips their movement and character, while the simplified shapes of the flowers, leaves, vase and tablecloth keep the composition bold and refined. Nothing is overworked. Instead, colour, line and rhythm carry the feeling of the painting.
‘Orange Tulips in a Cornish Kitchen’ transforms a familiar domestic subject into an uplifting celebration of flowers, pattern and life within a colourful Cornish home. Its 12-inch square format makes it a highly collectable original oil painting that would bring warmth and vibrancy to a kitchen, dining room or living space.
Item Information
| Description |
Framed Original Painting |
| Artist |
Cornish Artist Joanne Short (born 1967) |
| Signed by the Artist |
Signed by Joanne Short |
| Painting size |
12 x 12 inches |
| Medium |
Oil on canvas |
| Framed size |
17.5 x 17.5 inches |
| Frame type |
The St Ives style picture frame is a Renaissance-inspired cassetta frame, Italian for 'little box', featuring a white stain finish that highlights the wood grain. With a 73mm wide profile and 39mm depth, it creates a recessed central panel, perfect for a timeless, contemporary and elegant display of the painting.
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| Ready to hang |
Strung with picture cord and ready to hang |