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Daily painting: Olives in a plastic bag

Olives in a plastic bag

18cm x 14cm (7"x5½"), oil on gessoed card

Painting status: SOLD

This painting is available as a limited-edition print.

Painted Monday, 8 March 2010 · Still life paintings

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Thoughts on this painting

18 comments

Cynthia

With the incorporation of plastic, you have made a truly contemporary still life..

Peter Adams

Brilliant. Thank you. I wonder whether you are an admirer of Prosper Marilhat. His painting of 1836 of Avignon was an unexpected delight a few years back at an exhibit of pantings of Provence at the Fine Arts in Montreal.

g.snyder

who would think that a plastic bag could be so fascinating? beautifully done, julian....now how about black olives? gfs

Bernie Aronson

Julian:
We have an expression when someone has done a great job. We say, "He nailed it!" In this case
I would prefer to say, " He really bagged it!"

Zan Newstrom

You can almost hear the grapes making squeaky complaints of their confinement,literally, against the plastic wrappings........

jol

You really bagged it, pal! I've always been fascinated by your usages of whites! Fabulous! You Brits also say "spot on," n'est-ce pas?

Alain

Staggering! Like flashes of lightening streaking the background. It reminds me of some details like embroideries painted by Hals or Velasquez.
Virtuoso brushstrokes!

Lynne

Literally gasped when I opened the picture, so unexpected, to be confronted with a plastic bag that looks like an Old Master painted it (well, a New Master, for sure)!

irena

Ahh, that's what I miss the most about Provence, those amazing, delicious olives. This is a beautiful painting. Thanks.