Apricots, Cherries & Sunflowers
20"x20" oil on gallery wrapped stretched canvas
"Flowers always make people better and happier; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul."
- Luther Burbank
I bought this small tablecloth about a month ago, knowing I'd paint it. It will probably be one of those pieces that ends up in many of my still-life set-ups to come. I knew when I saw it, that I'd be using my big green jug....with sunflowers, & queen-anne's lace. And of course with the print having apricots & cherries, I knew it would be interesting to put some 'actual' cherries & apricots on the table as well.
I started this one yesterday and finished the last bit up this morning. I paint from life, and I've been exploring a lot of views that are back-lit by my studio window. After dinner painting is over, the light has changed by then. The windows face north, so I do have nice even light all day, no 'hot spots' to cook the room (or my fruit & flowers). Don't you just enjoy the long days of summer?!
While it's wet & unframed:
Labels: apricots, cherries, floral, impressionism, oil painting, palette knife painting, Roxanne Steed Fine Art, still-life, sunflowers
posted by Roxanne Steed at
2:19 PM
2 Comments:
Just found your blog via Sheila Vaughn's Real Art blog.
I love your work; I'll be back to see more...
Hi DJ! Glad you like it- thanks so much for visiting! :-)
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