It has been awhile since my last post. I have been keeping busy doing still life studies. That is mainly because it is either to cold to go outside or the mountain cedar pollen season here in Central Texas is rearing its ugly head. I think still life is a great way to study color harmony, light, and just observation skills. Of course some are more successful than others. I love color and still life painting is a great way to get away with using luscious color. The other aspect of doing these little paintings (8x8) is getting to try out different formats. I have used the square format quite a bit in landscape painting and I'm also liking it in still life painting. The hardest part about still life painting for me is deciding what to include in the painting to create an interesting arrangement of shapes that fill the canvas and are pleasing to the eye. Another aspect about these setups was the subtle reflections in the surface. Well maybe not so subtle in the apple set up. I'm not sure it really qualifies as pleasing to the eye either, but I love red so it allows me the opportunity to play with it.
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| Asian Tranquility |
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| Asian Box and Lily |
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| Apple Trio |
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| Asian Harmony |
These are lovely! Asian Tranquility is my favorite, no Asian Box and Lily is . . . no they all are. Glad to see your paintings again! Love the color.
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