You all know I mostly paint women's portraits, but every so often, I have an urge to paint something else. In this case it was the little bowl we have in the kitchen that - at the moment - holds two partial heads of garlic, two shallots from the garden and three bay leaves Daniel brought home from a walk not long ago.
Every time I walked past this little still life, it made me stop for a second. There was something so simple and beautiful about it, I longed to paint it!
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Still Life with Garlic
6x 6 inch painting on wrapped canvas |
And a couple of days ago, I decided to
yield, which is this week's
Illustration Friday theme
. I love how this little painting turned out. Not my last still life, of that I am sure!
P.S. It was difficult getting a photo that accurately shows the deep and rich cobalt turquoise background color. It is yummy!!
Liebe Silke,
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In Liebe
Elisabeth
Dear Silke,
ReplyDeleteYour creativity is BURSTING forth like the blossoms on the trees!
I LOVE this painting, you captured the garlic perfectly and that turquoise in the background! Do you have any idea how happy that color makes me?
I also see images that I LONG to be able to capture, I have to settle for photography!
Really lovely shapes and colors. And just think of all the delicious things you might make from this bounty. Nicely done!
ReplyDeleteGreat job, Silke! :-] I'd love to see a photo of the original bowl too!...Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteI love your ladies, but change is good, and I think this is a very sweet painting. I like all of the warm colors against the deep turquoise background. And somehow it seems very fitting for a creative cook such as yourself to paint a picture of natural ingredients such as these!
ReplyDeleteWow..yes very richly-exquisite turquoise..so blissful.... I am totally in love wiht the color palette in this beautiful piece..the garlic and bay leaves..fabulous! Silke..this is so beautiful....poetic..a perfect still life moment..
ReplyDeleteShine on..
Victoria
PS; I think I have the same bowl!
Oh how wonderful Silke, quite lovely. The blue bowl really does set it all off beautifully. I love how much you enjoyed this piece.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! I'm into botanical still life work, and this is lovely!
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