Go Figure Contemporary colorful paintings of fun and figures.
This still life I did as a companion piece to another one previously posted of 3 lemons with a little marble angel. This shoe is actually a candle. I haven't yet thought of a good name for it. Although I like the colors and the lemons, I wish I had pushed the composition higher on the canvas. I have been looking at still lifes with this horizontal composition in the lower half, which I like, but I wish it was a 1/2 inch to an inch higher.
This beautiful vase was given to me from a friend whose home of origin is Slovakia. Recently I met a sculptor who resides in Manhattan, but who also comes from Slovakia. Really wonderful people are those Slovakians! #38
Another acrylic still life here. I need to photograph some of my recent oils. This reminds me of a yoga pose. #30
Roses do not grow outside in December in Vermont, but they do hang in there in other parts. My friend suggested that this looks like one of those last roses of December, hence the title. Personally I think it looks like an alien ship that landed on a barren planet. I love the strong shadows. The cloth is actually more purple than the photo shows and the rose is more intense. This is a part of a series of acrylic still lifes I am doing when I paint once a week at the Chaffee Art Gallery. It is easier to use acrylics on the go and it is easy to set up a small still life with a little portable lamp to illuminate it...or strong sunshine if I paint outside. It is also important to me to mix it up a bit with different mediums and subject matter. Soon I am going to start a series of watercolor landscapes. I have several commissions to do first. #29
