Peach Still Life Painting
Two peaches on the shelf, with a drawing taped to the wall behind. I like organic still life compositions, where the painting just grows out of whatever objects happen to be on the table.
I’ve got away from that idea recently, but I’d like to go back to it.
Update: You know what, I think these were actually nectarines. They weren’t fuzzy, they were slightly shiny, and they were more orange in color. They sold them as peaches though.
Peach Painting is for sale.
Painting these peaches was a race against time and breakfast.
Peaches Still Life Painting is for sale.
Red Velvet cake with cream cheese frosting.
This cake is leaning. This is what happened.
I wanted to do cake paintings, specifically, triangular slices of cake. These are surprisingly hard to find, because a lot of the bakeries are degenerate and sell square slices of cake.
But I persevered. I went to all the supermarkets, all the bakeries. The urge was strong. Ralph’s, I discovered, sells the coveted triangular cake slices.
So I went to the store, I selected the prettiest slice of cake.
I came home, the cake kept wobbling and falling over. So I trimmed the bottom off the cake and ate it, and then it leaned like this.
Since this project started I have gained five pounds.
It’s your birthday, buy yourself some cake.
This is the second slice of cake I attempted to paint… the first one got eaten.
5 x 7 inches, oil on linen on panel.
A flowering cherry branch. We lived in Japan when I was young, and I have so many fond memories of that beautiful country.
Trying to channel Chardin, the French still life master, again. When you look at one of his fruit still life paintings, you feel like you could reach in and feel the fuzzy skin of the peach.
The North Park Festival of Arts went great yesterday! Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by. We met a lot of great people and sold some paintings. Only mildly crippled today.
That’s my easel set up just off Normal Street. Best name for a street ever.
I will admit this painting is kind of weird. Miniature eggplants look like what? Purple blobs.
Both of the paintings I attempted this day were the same. The other one was a concha pastry. I’d wanted to paint a concha for ages and as soon as I wanted to paint one they were always sold out at the grocery store. Then I did paint it and it was relatively realistic but … it also looked like a blob.
Onions always make me cry… just like watching Bambi.
Red onion still life painting. With this piece, I was trying to channel Chardin’s kitchen still life paintings. This French painter was a true master of the European still life tradition. When you see his work, you feel like you could reach in and pluck out a peach… I aspire to that.
