Do you remember the wisdom of Ratty in Wind in the Willows? When he told Mole that they should spend time simply messing about in boats?

And how glorious to be doing this messing about in sunny tropical water? The vibrant splash of the vermilion trim on this little boat pops out of the sea green waters. And a sunlit twinkle dances across the ocean surface to lift your spirits and brighten any room you might choose for it.

"there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so worth doing than messing about in boats" Kenneth Grahame.

• original watercolour painting by Kerrie Woodhouse

• 300gsm Bockingford watercolour paper and Brusho watercolour paint

• The listing is for one original, unframed and unmatted

• The painting is enclosed in a cellophane sleeve and shipped with care in rigid packaging (larger paintings may be rolled in a tube for international shipping)

• Dimensions:

  • approximately 29 cm x 38 cm  (11 in x  15 in)