It is customary to swim in the river Rhine that flows into Basel in summer. Some people even go to work like this. Here, in the shade of a bridge, you can see someone has just left the river and a duck is swimming past. The river draws you in with cooling greens and blues, moving languorously in the summer heat.

This evocative acrylic painting will bring back memories of visiting the city with a ray of summer sunshine - perfect for an small space. Intimate and inviting, this piece was painted en plein air using acrylics and Caran d'Ache coloured pencils on cardboard, on a hot summer's day.

I will send it to you carefully wrapped and ready to frame.