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| Still Life with Cherries approx. 13" x 9" |
Oh, and they were delicious!
Sunday, June 29, 2025
June 28, 2025 — Elaine O.
Somehow, I feel summer fruit still life paintings should be simple, light and direct. Unlike winter or autumn, where you want a cornucopia of stuff with lots of elements against a deep rich background, summer fruit shines all by itself. Hence these cherries. I only added a classic kitchen towel to give them a feel of summer in a farm kitchen and a crystal coupe to add the touch of elegance they deserve.
Oh, and they were delicious!
Oh, and they were delicious!
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Nice work on the clear glass and the cloth. Beautiful color combo. And they do look delicious. I’m itching to get back to Michigan and my local orchard.
ReplyDeleteIn the spirit with which I can look at the Mona Lisa and opine that those evergreens in back are not green enough, that table could use a more reddish hue. But I quibble. The cherries are great but that soft white cloth steals the show. And the blue stripe goes over hill and down the dale and reaches the cherries just as they are about to tumble into the hands of the ravenous viewer.
ReplyDeleteI hate the way blogspot won't let you edit your comments, so now I have to make an additional comment. Anyway, speaking of the Mona Lisa, here is something I found out looking up an image of her to decide what improvement to recommend: https://www.npr.org/2012/02/02/146288063/painting-sheds-new-light-on-the-mona-lisa
DeleteThat's an interesting article. My brother saw both of the Mona Lisas one summer and was more impressed with the Prado copy--partly because of the crowds and wait time at the Louvre, but still....
DeleteMy only quibble is, would a farm kitchen have such a fancy champagne coupe? Well, maybe a pair tucked away in that cabinet over the stove, leftover from their wedding 49 some years ago…A beautiful panting!
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous and so clean and crisp looking. So elegant it's it minimal precisionism. (Precisionism was a modernist art movement where they "consistently reduced their compositions to simple shapes and underlying geometrical structures, with clear outlines, minimal detail, and smooth handling of surfaces.") Although they mostly did it with buildings...Anyway I surely digress. Too much caffeine?
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