Daily Painting

Daily painting: Three Figs with Blue Background

Three Figs with Blue Background

19cm x 13cm (7½"x5"), oil on gessoed card

Painting status: SOLD

Painted Friday, 17 July 2009 · Still life paintings

The conversation

Thoughts on this painting

9 comments

nadine & manuel

Chauvet's figs or not...

Nous les apprécions légèrement molles
Lorsque pleines de sucs elles collent
En figure ou en peinture on en raffole

Don Coker

Julian, I love the sense of mystery in this one, and the cool blues are amazing. It reminds me of my grandparent's farm when I was a child. There was a large fig tree behind the house. I loved the texture of the figs as a child.
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Barbara

Lovely ...they remind me of the three small Romanesque knights in the poster from the Burrell; whatever happened to that? :)

Julian

Yes I remember that well, the poster is probably rolled up somewhere with all my film posters—I seldom throw anything away!

Barbara M

Hi Julian Each of these figs has its own personality. For some reason clowns or a rolly polly children's toy come to mind. The figs seem ready to dance. You've moved the intense blue of the sky in your recent landscapes indoors along with the purple, light green and gold colours in the fileds. There is humour in this painting. I really like that! I hope the renovations are proceeding well.

Barbara M

"fileds" should be fields----I did edit, but missed that. Time for my morning coffee.