Still River Studios

Title: “Dandelion #3″
Medium: Oil on Panel
Dimensions: 6″x6″

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Title: “Wild Lion”
Medium: Oil on Panel
Dimensions: 12″x12″
Price: $450 USD

Oh maybe you know me by now….this is not your typical still life.

I bought a bunch of these chip clips, and when I’m not eating chips, I use them in my *studio for a multitude of tasks; everything from attaching mini panels to my easel, to grouping papers together. The plastic has a slight transparency which beckoned me to include it.

When I select a subject to paint it’s no surprise I want to delve in a little deeper. While investigating Dandelions, I tripped across an amazing site called fxcuisine. The author François-Xavier happened to write a beautiful article about Dandelion Syrup. I had never heard of such a thing, but thought it was worth sharing.

I hope you enjoy my painting as well as the fxcuisine site.

* I have dedicated clips which never leave the studio.

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Title: “Blow Pop #1″
Medium: Oil on Panel
Dimensions: 7″x5″
Price: $125

This is not the “classic” tootsie pop - it is a blow pop. It’s filled with bubble gum instead of chocolate tootsie roll. A few key indicators to it’s identity are:

1. the oval shape
2. the band in the middle runs perpendicular to the stick
3. the bright intense color

These pops were originally manufactured by The Charms Company but in 1988 was acquired by Tootsie Roll Industries. I guess they bought out their competition!

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Title: “Dandelion #1″
Medium: Oil on Panel
Dimensions: 5″x5″

Yes; even a weed can be interesting. Where I grew up there were dandelions, but not like the ones where I live now. They used to be shorter and plumper. When you picked them a milky white substance would appear around the stem. You could eat the young leaves, and they would mature to a soft puffy symmetrical head with a white center. The ones now on the side of the road are long and lean, with scrappy small leaves. The pom pom (for lack of a better word) is much more interesting. The gray fluff is wilder, some pieces are matted together as if a wet animal tromped through the field disturbing there peacefulness. They also have hairs of red/gold that poke out and bend in multiple directions.

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Title: “Butterscotch”
Medium: Oil on Panel
Dimensions: 6″x6″

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Title: “Garlic”
Dimensions: 6″x6″
Medium: Oil on Panel

You can watch a short video of how I painted this head of garlic with the alla prima (all at once) method below.

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Title: “A Cut Above”
Dimensions: 10″x8″
Medium: Oil on Panel

Bright cadmium orange fading to a deep red and rich golden yellow tapering off to ocher. The computer is not picking up all the details of this image. Please email me if you would like explore the reflections of the transparent coated blue metal handle, the markings on the scissor blade or any other detail of this painting.

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Title: “Special Occasion”
Dimensions: 12″x12″
Medium: Oil on Panel

I still have the actual bag, tissue and box that I used for this still life. I thought it would be interesting to give a special gift in that bag and then have a painting to forever remind you of that special occasion! OK I guess I’m a romantic.

Please send me an email if you are interested in finding out more about this painting. The computer is not picking up all the details, so if you would like a detailed image, please let me know.

Title: “Fortune Cookie VII”
Dimensions: 6″x6″
Medium: Oil on Panel

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Title: “Punch it Up”
Dimensions: 5″x7″
Medium: Oil
Unframed

This is a contemporary still life. I intentionally set colorful walls around it so it would reflect some pretty wild colors in the metal. It’s purple, magenta and yellow ocher.

Click on the countdown to watch a short video of how I painted this paper punch.