Sunday, March 9, 2008

Contemporary Still life




I found this image of tea cups painted by Lisa Hirst, a Canadian painter living in France, and compare it with a painting of a honey jar that I've been working on lately. Ms. Hirst's paintings can be seen here.
It's fun to make a comparison like this, something that would have been impossible before the internet. Needless to say, lots of artists who are unaware of each other's paintings, are interested in traditional genres and in careful, thoughtful observation of ordinary life.

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