Stanley Cosgrove’s Carnations and Lemons is an oil on board still life depicting a white ceramic vase filled with pink and coral carnations beside a shallow bowl containing two yellow lemons. The arrangement is set on a warm orange-brown tabletop against a dark interior, with a loosely painted green curtain descending along the right side.

Cosgrove simplifies the flowers, fruit, and vessels into rounded, softly outlined forms, favouring colour and structure over precise botanical detail. The bright vase and lemons stand out against the deep brown background, while the coral blossoms echo the rich tones of the table. Broad, visible brushwork and gently flattened space give the composition a quiet modernist character. The painting is signed “Cosgrove” in the lower left.