May 15, 2009

Still Life - by my window


I was mightily impressed with how well this photograph turned out. I was doing the dishes and snapped this picture of the fruit bowl on my window sill. I think it has a real "old masters" feel to it. There are some suds on the bowl.

18 comments:

  1. It's surprising how few still life photos of fruit bowls I see. Seems everybody wants to keep that genre in the paint realm!

    And yet, as you demonstrate here, it is a potential goldmine of artistic validity! I like this a lot!

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  2. can't say it better than dogimo...looks picture perfect and i'm especially digging the avocado!

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  3. very nicely put together...avacado sustains life for long periods of time if ever deserted on an island...

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  4. A Still Life with a touch of Giorgio Morandi there!

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  5. I've just had avocado for lunch and I'm not on a desert island (well, I suppose I am, but it's a pretty big island!) I think your shot is superb! I love still-life paintings and this captures the spirit.

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  6. WOW! It's like a real painting! Also impressed with a variety of fruits so nicely arranged! And I like the beautiful color of the bowl too.

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  7. Nice light on your window sill. Love the suds.

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  8. What bliss.
    I am a sucker for still lives.I think it's the strong cast shadow that adds to the old master feel.
    It is splendid.

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  9. This really is perfection! I love the shadows AND the suds on the bowl!

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  10. Lovely photo, great colour - The blossom (Is that Chinese Lantern?) is a fine, delicate touch. Oh, and hang onto that pudding basin. They're hard to find now, and when you do find them, they cost a fortune.

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  11. Yet somehow the bananas look as though they are ready to jump ... on the verge of motion ... very nice!

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  12. You should be impressed. It's lovely. Too often people don't see the beauty right in front of them.

    xo

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  13. That's a great still life shot. Makes me want to pick up a brush and give it a try. LBx

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  14. It looks wonderful. Definitely an old masters' feel to it. I think it's all about the bowl...do you? And the black backdrop. Well, and the fruit, too. Good job.

    In answer to a question, no, A River Runs Through It wasn't filmed in my town but in one near by that has more of an old feel to it.

    Happy Sunday.

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  15. I love that the bowl has a little chip in its rim.

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  16. Premium T and Megan - The bowl belonged to Husband-Pup's Aunt Sis. As she was born in 1912, I'm guessing this bowl is from early on in her marriage, maybe dating from around 1935-1940

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  17. Hazel, I can't find an email address for you so I'll ask here. Can I please 'borrow' your still life shot - I am really serious about trying. Promise I won't spread it around! Email me please. LBx

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