Still life is a great opportunity to play with color and composition.
Unlike many other painting situations, I can control the lighting and set my own stage . . . and meditate on ordinary objects.
Lemons
10” x 10”, oil on canvas SOLD
Exhausted from a friend’s commission, I wanted to scale down and play with color and movement. This piece inspired me to paint two others the same size (below).
Pears with Cherries
10” x 10”, oil on canvas SOLD
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Bananas and Grapes
10” x 10”, oil on canvas, framed
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Shirt
14” x 11”, oil on canvas SOLD
An unironed shirt was the inspiration. Painting this shirt became a fascinating study in painting edges (or lack of) in fabric and controlling various tones of cool white.
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Tulips 1
40” x 16”, oil on canvas SOLD
Experimenting with a tall, vertical canvas . . .
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Tulips 2
36” x 16”, oil on canvas SOLD
Another vertical canvas . . .
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