Impressionist still life

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Blue surprise, oil on canvas panel, 8 x 8 in. When I started this painting I meant to use ultramarine blue. I squeezed out the paint from my big blue tube, alongside burnt sienna and cad yellow. But a while into the painting, I started thinking "this ultramarine blue is so strange, it doesn't lean towards violet at all!" And then it hit me, "wait a minute, didn't I also have an identical tube of pthalo blue?" Oh yes. Pthalo blue surprised me though, I wouldn't have chosen it but it worked…

The foreground and background compete for attention in this still life. It's an explosion of colour.The background includes just about every variety of blue and green on Van Gogh’s palette. Over that, he added brushstrokes in contrasting colours: yellow, orange, red and pink. He used these same colour combinations for the apples in the foreground, but in the opposite order: the warm tones first, followed by cool green and blue accents. This created unity in the scene.

Contemporary impressionist still life oil painting of orange slices on a white plate and an orange background. Great home decor for kitchens, living rooms and guest rooms. Happy summer themed gift for Mother's Day, anniversaries or housewarming.

Impressionist still life oil painting of a white container and two white mugs against a white background. Painted with palette knives.

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