Daily Painting

Rose garlic with orange string

12cm x 18cm, oil on board

Painting status: SOLD

Painted Tuesday, 26 February 2013 · Still life paintings

The conversation

Thoughts on this painting

15 comments

carolyn shoup

I really like this painting - It looks like legs pointing to the sky and the bottoms right there !!!!

Teri Robus

Ditto the first two comments, Julian! This is a very happy painting and since it is a white-out where I am at the moment (Wyoming) ... it is, as Cynthia said, "Uplifting" and thoughts of spring are on my mind.

Tish

Julian,
Glad some of the string survived!
So this wonderful painting could BE!
The orange string really adds, to the art and love how you tied colors in the background to colors in the Garlic.
very very nice indeed.!!!
Tish.

sandymeyers

Very nice painting. Loved the pastel soft colors, and the subject matter. Looks so realistic. Sandy

Francine

Julian , the garlic is lovely. Not sure if it's the color or the subject matter or the way you set it up but I love the end result. Thank you. Francine

Alain

The onion kiss.
- I hereby declare that you are now one in body and united by the sacred bonds of the marriage", said the priest in the dumps.
"Please, Mister, kiss the young bride now" ("good cheer !", he secretly thought within himself).
Fortunately, the young man, since his childhood with his mummy before, had been always wild about the typical fragrance of female onion!

Anna Howard

Dear Julian, if Degas had painted garlic, etc. etc.
Delicious pinks, enhanced by the cheeky orange.
Anna.

Georgia Sheron

YIKES! EXPLODING GARLIC. I knew the French were great with garlic receipes but I didn't know they could make it detonate. Hope they don't try that with grapes.
Wonderful painting. Looked like dancers with long tutus poised and then twirling. Very nice combo of pale pink and strong orange against the beige/white. Lovely
Cheers, geo

Painter’s notes

Ruth bought me a lovely tress of rose garlic but dropped them on the way home and they sort of exploded! This is part of the surviving bunch.

Julian Merrow-Smith ·