$40 oil on canvas, "Stuffed toy": to purchase this painting see http://www.avonwaters.com/ and "Contact Us."
Unlike previous still lifes, this stuffed animal gave me a chance to do something different. The curves, folds and colors not associated with fruit or vegetables gave me a chance to work on color relationships.
The still lifes are a nice break from landscapes, especially when the cold weather makes it more difficult to work outside or in a cold studio where the heat has been off all week. With each still life I do, I struggle with color. Since I have a desire to use exaggerated color, or expressionistic color, I must pick a color scheme and then try to make it work with the local color of the subject. But it does set up a problem to solve and for me, solving each problem in each painting is interesting for me.
Unlike previous still lifes, this stuffed animal gave me a chance to do something different. The curves, folds and colors not associated with fruit or vegetables gave me a chance to work on color relationships.
The still lifes are a nice break from landscapes, especially when the cold weather makes it more difficult to work outside or in a cold studio where the heat has been off all week. With each still life I do, I struggle with color. Since I have a desire to use exaggerated color, or expressionistic color, I must pick a color scheme and then try to make it work with the local color of the subject. But it does set up a problem to solve and for me, solving each problem in each painting is interesting for me.
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