Still Lifes

First appearing on ancient Egyptian tomb walls, the still life genre has remained popular across movements, cultures, and periods.  Arrangements of everyday objects like fruit, flowers, candles, meats, fish, fowl, drinks, books, even musical instruments might seem mundane, but they can morph into a moving experience via the artist's eye for composition and perspective plus finesse of lighting, colors, shapes, and forms.  To date, my pieces explore traditional realism and the playful Fauve style.   

Still Life Triptych

Medium:  Oil on Canvas

Size:  20" X 16"

There’s nothing still about this piece.  It pulses from the juxtaposition of complementary reds and greens and purples and yellows.  The fruit tempts with succulence created through translucent reflections.  The pot’s filigreed detail feels textured.  Mirrored reflections magnetize with two miniature paintings of the fruit in the foreground.  Shadows toy with various values.  All in all, brimming with life.  Painted during studio setup.

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Will Dinner Be Served?

Medium: Oil on Canvas

Size: 20" X 20"

A painting in the style of the "wild beast" Fauves.  The rebellious painters who emerged circa 1905 used exciting bright colors, thick paint, and simplified shapes and forms to break from the realism that emerged during the Renaissance.  Ordinary objects of still lifes often became very unordinary due to novel Fauve perspectives on their lines and angles.  Some pieces even included animals in these domestic scenes.  This light, whimsical, stylized composition features my late opportunistic cat Max, who stole the fish off my plate if I walked away from the table for 10 seconds. 

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