Last week, I started work on a still-life of the stolen apples, and stopped after several hours, in frustration. The set up just wasn’t quite right, the composition did not feel inevitable, and most importantly, I didn’t have that poised but relaxed feeling in my belly telling me that all was well, that I had [...]
Posts Tagged ‘still life’
Everything In Its Place
Posted in Thinking Things Through, Work in Progress, tagged still life, working from life on January 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Mutual Support
Posted in Finished Work, tagged courbet, raphaelle peale, still life on December 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I think that’s going to be the title of this little painting, because of the way the two tiny pears are balanced, kind of holding each other up. It’s showing up here at about it’s actual size, 6″ x 6″. I can’t resist painting fruit (especially if it’s got some nice blemishes); I am perpetually [...]
