Daily Painting

Daily painting: Lemon and cup

Lemon and cup

18cm x 13cm (7"x5"), oil on gessoed card

Painting status: SOLD

Painted Friday, 17 December 2010 · Still life paintings

The conversation

Thoughts on this painting

11 comments

silvina

Beautifully juicy painting. I especially like the creamy colors on the cup and the way they cool down as they disappear into the dark background. Merry Christmas from California!

Janet

I love seeing the brush strokes... you continue to be an inspiration. This little baby sparkles. Merry Christmas from NY!

Elizabeth

Your work seems looser - more Frans Halls than it was before your sojourn to Venice. I like it.

Penny Otwell

Thanks for posting your paintings every day. I try and paint every day, and your work often gets me out of the computer chair and into the studio! Merry Christmas, and thank you. Penny

Alain

Julian,this work shows the hidden bull-headed "bloodstream" of a painting,thanks to the brushstrokes you are able to create;consciously and/or unconsciously.It's a marvel of cleverness and heightened pictorial sensibilty.The Yin and the Yang,wrap-around,are everywhere!

Painter’s notes

A long day painting in flat grey light (the Ventoux strangely absent in the cloud and snow). I worked on two larger paintings and then this lemon with one of our favourite David Garland mugs

Julian Merrow-Smith ·