Still Life with Antler and Red Pitcher18 x 14 inches, Oil on board. © 2011 Kathleen Coy
This is the first still life I've painted in a very, very long time. In all of my animal paintings, I work from photos out of necessity. Over the last year, I've become more interested in painting from life. I enjoyed painting this still life so much, that it will NOT be a very, very long time before I paint another one.
This painting is being displayed at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, during the month of March as part of the Nebraska Women's Caucus for Art's group show.
Here is a photo of the set up. My mother found the antler during a walk in the woods last year. I'm sure most of you know that male deer lose their antlers every winter and regrow them in the late spring and summer. The sagebrush in the vase is from Montana, and was given to me by a friend. The antler and the sage lend enough of a "nature" feeling, that even though this is far from my usual subject matter, this painting feels like me.
4 comments:
I feel you can almost pick up the objects! A real trompe l'oeil!
The portrait of Cloud below is fab - he really is a handsome lad!
It is lovely. So realistic it is amazing.
The painting is so lovely and it really looks so alive the same as in the in the real world. You really had this talent. Better show this talent to the world.
This still life is stunning. I love thod photo of the painting as well .
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