Fresh Berry Tart

A berry tart sits on a dark wooden table, its fluted pastry shell filled with pale cream and a loose mixture of fruit. Sliced strawberries lie among raspberries and blueberries, with no strict rows separating them. Some berries have fallen outside the crust.

A knife rests to the left in a dusting of flour, opposite the folds of a cloth behind the tart. The crust makes a firm circular boundary around the fruit, but the topping is irregular all the way across. Small gaps expose the cream between glossy skins, cut strawberry faces and the clustered surface of the raspberries.