“Morning Stalls”

Morning Stalls is the first painting in the market series, capturing the quiet freshness of early morning before the day fully begins. The air is cool, the light is soft and pale, and the market feels calm and unhurried — as if it’s just waking up alongside the city.

This piece was inspired by arriving early, when the stalls are being set up and the streets are still damp from mist or rain. Footsteps are slow, conversations are hushed, and the focus is on simple, everyday moments: arranging produce, brewing the first cups of tea, opening shutters for the day ahead.

Together with Dusk Stalls and Night Stalls, this painting tells a story of time passing within the same space. Morning Stalls represents beginnings — the gentle start of movement, the quiet anticipation of what the day will hold, and the beauty found in slowing down before the world becomes busy.