Avocados (2026) Original Oil Painting by Nimasha Perera

Cut open and laid bare, the avocado reveals a quiet beauty, luminous green flesh graduating from deep emerald at the skin to soft buttery yellow at the centre, wrapped around a glossy mahogany pit.

This painting was drawn to the organic forms and the play of light across the smooth interior. The pit, polished and warm-toned, anchors the composition like a small sun, catching a bright highlight at its centre. The two halves nestle together against a soft neutral background that lets the fresh greens sing.

Painted in oils, this is a work about freshness, vitality and the everyday pleasure of good food, an ordinary fruit rendered with care and made luminous.

Materials used:

Oil on canvas

Details:

• Oil painting on Canvas
• One of a kind artwork
• Size: 20.32 x 20.32 x 0.3cm (unframed) / 20.32 x 20.32cm (actual image size)
• Signed on the front
• Style: Impressionistic
• Subject: Still life