“Still life with oil bottles and a jar”
Still life. A subject matter I didn’t do much of, even though I have been always attracted to it. My first five paintings were still life with vases and flowers. But, after that I only painted a few, vast majority of my paintings being landscapes.
For this week I wanted to paint a still life, but a different one. Most of my still life painting are of flowers, with three or four exceptions, so I decided to try some olive oil bottles, paired with a jar of jam. The source of light was coming from behind, and they were placed on a black table top, against a dark background. I have tried to paint loosely, using alla prima and blending on the canvas, and using De Mayerne medium. I painted it in four sittings, from an hour to about two hours each.
So, here it is:
“Still life with oil bottles and a jar”.
Oil on linen
30 X 40cm (12” X 16”)
