Daily Painting Tuesday, 29 July 2008

Turnips from our Garden

16cm x 12cm (6¼"x4¾"), oil on gessoed card

Painting status: SOLD

Painted Tuesday, 29 July 2008 · Still life paintings

The conversation

Thoughts on this painting

8 comments

Merilee 29 July 2008 at 20:11

Julian, this is absolutely exquisite! Your dinner doesn't sound too shabby, either...

cordier alain 29 July 2008 at 20:34

Such a dramatic atmosphere. Fighting the invading darkness, trying to exist, against the insidious Nothingness : it is the desperate bet here... The stalks are going to disappear... A lugubrious atmosphere. Heart-rending. Metaphysical.

stephen magsig 29 July 2008 at 21:06

Julian, just wonderful color and values.

blg 29 July 2008 at 22:03

beautiful julian!

Leslee 29 July 2008 at 22:28

Wonderfully daring to leave so much painterly
dark space on one side of the painting.. and
such an intimate "portrait" of your "first grown" Terrific Julian!

liz 30 July 2008 at 00:22

Another stunner! Truly good enough to eat!!!

Sharon Bancroft 30 July 2008 at 13:10

Love it. Turnips are such a great-looking vegetable. Too bad they spend most of their days hidden in the ground!

Alvin Richard 4 August 2008 at 05:25

Beautiful classic composition. The purple/violet and the greens makes a stunning color combination.