Between Colored fabrics
One of the characters for this still life, I
have drawn before. The bottle and I are on a first name basis now, after
spending five or six hours together, a couple of weeks ago. The bottle posed
then for a still life titled “To Start”.
The fruit was new, but fruit always tends to
be new. They have short careers especially in the dead state required of them
to be part of any still life. Rotten fruit rarely gets selected.
The pot was new, but only to the setting. He
interviews all the time. Today he finally made the cut.
And then there was the fabric. The fabric in
the foreground and the fabric in the background weren’t content to lie flat.
They insisted on forming a very hilly terrain. The posing characters were forced, in the end, to fit in
between.
14”x 17” Pastel on 100# sanded Bristol paper
Old fruit isn't marketable :)
ReplyDeleteThis is GORGEOUS!
Ha! I always have characters auditioning for my still lifes! It's sad how often I have to say, 'sorry, you're simply not projecting well enough--maybe next time..." Oh, and the fresh fruit can be ever so unruly!
ReplyDelete...and I really like that pot...
...and I'm still amazed at how prolific you are! :)
ReplyDeletethe texture I want to touch this it's a movable feast, you are amazing
ReplyDeleteI really love your still lifes
ReplyDeleteWine and Words, Annie: Some old fruit, like seasoned wine, is great, as long as the fruit matured on the vine☺
ReplyDeleteThank you
Jbchicoine: It’s nice to know I’m not the only one dealing with these characters that make up a still life.
Thank you.
And I do try to fill each day with as much art as possible.
Lorraine: The touch would leave your fingers covered with pastel dust. It’s sort of messy.
Thank you
nouvelles couleurs, Laura: Thank you.
You have a wonderful talent for capturing reflections on glass & metal, with paints. They feel quite real...
ReplyDeleteThe secret is to paint mostly the light, and ignore most of the details. I guess it’s not really a secret. So many know.
ReplyDeleteThank you