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| Colorful Still Life |
Here in New England (like much of the country) we are weary of winter and out of energy for bracing against the cold. I want warm temperatures and my eyes are craving color. The subtle shades of gray in the sky and snow that I usually love don't have the same allure. It's time for the next season, so let's get on with it!
Assembling this group of splashy and colorful objects was fun and painting them meant using oil color right out of the tube, a real treat after blah grays. On the left as a backdrop was an old silk scarf that I have been wearing for forty years (yes - from when I was a clerk in Filene's Basement in high school). The scarf's flower blocks are as bright today as they were then. To the right of that was a blue vase full of yellow tulips accented with a bright checkered ribbon of yellow, orange, and lime. To the right of that was a polka dotted gift bag, its orange tissue sprouting up and casting some interesting shadows. An old metal tin was added which amazingly had most of the same colors, but on a micro scale. I was happy with the composition at this point and I was hoping that the heavy weighting to the left because of the attention-grabbing color would be balanced by the interesting shadow patterns to the right. Did the shadows in the painting hold up well enough? I decided that they didn't, so I added a bow to the top of the rectangular tin which then cast some spikey shadows. I liked it better but the drapes of the scarf needs work.
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