Studio Reflections
2020
40.64 × 34.93 cm | 16 × 13 3/4 in
Oil on panel
- ARC Purchase Awards ($5,600)
- FWSD Award
This work is in the Collection of the Art Renewal Center.
14th Annual ARC Salon (2019-2020)
Studio Reflections
2020
40.64 × 34.93 cm | 16 × 13 3/4 in
Oil on panel
This work is in the Collection of the Art Renewal Center.
Antique silver, especially with ornate decoration, fascinates me and I've been collecting and painting it for several years. I love the other world silver creates in it's reflections. You're not just painting the object, but the world around and in front of it. It tells a more complete story about the space. I often use almost monochromatic colours, prefering to concentrate on the subtlties, the warms and cools and tiny shifts in colour. I contrasted the darker, harder edged silver with the softness and off white tones of the lace and tablecloth. I set up my still life in a box beside a window in my studio and working from life, started with a detailed drawing transferred to the panel, then the underpainting and then several layers of colour.