Daily Painting

Glass of beer

13cm x 20cm, oil on board

Painting status: SOLD

Painted Tuesday, 20 August 2013 · Still life paintings

The conversation

Thoughts on this painting

20 comments

Larry

So - you had to finish the painting before you could finish the beer - or did you "remember" what the beer looked like?

Barbara Michel

Like the glass of scotch (print) it is perfect. The colour is lovely as is the light. I will have to try to photograph a glass of wine.

Anna Howard

Dear Julian, such a cool, frothy and tempting glass of beer, but so lonely! Where is the cheese? Try "Fleaur de Maquis", a Corsican rustic rolled in local wild herbs.
It's very late but I'm heading for la Frigidaire!
Anna.

Evelyn Mahrt

Love the touch of pink in the highlight at the top. Love the painting, too. (It's good to paint what you know - and you are one of the best.)

steve

Nice one. One of the perks of painting still life is you get to taste the props...is it half full or half empty?

Marcia

Like Barbara, I too have a print of the single malt -- and look forward to your collection of prints that includes this lovely glass of beer, my husband's other favorite drink. He doesn't drink it cold but the "English way" - room temp. I suspect this one is (was!) too? And will your final in the triptych be a lovely glass of red?

Cynthia

The atmosphere you've created to situate this single glass of beer is a painterly stroke of genius. It suggests a universal experience that extends beyond the frame of the image. Congratulations.