Daily Painting Thursday, 22 February 2007

Two Dorades

19cm x 14cm, (8" x 6") oil on card

Painting status: SOLD

Painted Thursday, 22 February 2007 · Still life paintings

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Thoughts on this painting

5 comments

JOL 22 February 2007 at 22:49

As teenagers in France say these days: "Ils sont trop beaux"!!! -- which is a hyperbole to express admiration. An appropriate translation might be: "They are too beautiful for words." The blue stripe of the napkin or table cloth is exquisite, and brings out the silvery colorings of what is interestingly called a "golden fish."

Julian merrow-smith 22 February 2007 at 23:45

Joyce, In (UK) English they are known as Gilt Head Bream.

James 23 February 2007 at 02:52

Beautiful painting Julian.
The new site is looking good too. We're still in beta stage yeah?...

Susan Caba 23 February 2007 at 03:02

I'm not usually a fan of fish paintings but the silvery light of these is so nice, so gleaming, especially against the matte folds of the table cloth!

CMarie 23 February 2007 at 19:49

Simply beautiful in its simplicity!!! Thank-you so much!!