Still Life
This Photo was one of many I was taking around the mountain studio and I had not thought about it turning out particularly well until I was reviewing the photo's on my computer. There is no enhancing of color, that is the way it looks. Sometimes by accident you just get a great shot. I love the richness of color.
It made me think about great still life artists of the past. One I have always loved is Cezanne. When I was in high school he was the very first artist I choose to study when we were ask to do a still life by our art teacher.
And then there was Van Gogh's Sunflowers, again I was captivated. The term still life comes from the Dutch Stilleven meaning bits of fruit or flowers. I also ran across a surprising piece when researching this for the post. It is a still life done by Carivaggio in 1595. I had never seen a still life of his before, only his paintings of people with the drama of pain and struggle. This was such a different look from him.
So on one day for an artist's date as Julia Cameron calls it take out your sketch book or your camera and look for still life shots! Have fun, you just don't know what will turn up. If you want to share your results here with us at Rabbit's Moon studio we would be honored.
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| photo by Elizabeth Gordon Asheville Studio |
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| Cezzane from google image |
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| Van Gogh Sunflowers from google image |
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| Monet Still lire with Melon from google image |
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| Carivaggio 1595 from google image |
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