Daily Painting

Lemon on a french cloth

17cm x 13cm, oil on board

Painting status: SOLD

Painted Monday, 16 December 2013 · Still life paintings

The conversation

Thoughts on this painting

12 comments

Marie-Sophie

Toujours aussi belle touche picturale, cher Julian. Quelle belle harmonie de couleurs !Ce joli citron ( pas pressé !)semble se cacher timidement sous ses feuilles, au creux du torchon ...Merci de nous apporter ces petits instants de bonheur . Sincerly.

Alain

What a subtle tangle of lines! At first glance, we fall in love with the colourful harmony. What a cute green snout of the lemon! A lemon which looks like a bowwow deeply sleeping under a bedcover of leaves. Hot and cold colours sing together. And the baby pink of the cloth finally makes us melt with pleasure...

kathleen clarke

if I were a person with income to dispose of, I would bring this sweet thing home to my kitchen.
I'm not.
But were I, I would.

Anna Howard

Dear Julian, blue striped cloth, citrus fruits, iconic old tin box, the last couple of days have been like coming home! Love the super saturated blue and yellow meeting in a sweet spot bordered by a triangle of deep shadow.Dare I say, the lemon resembles a gothic virgins breast!!
Anna.

Demetrio

Your citrus tones lately have become deeply sensual. Complex nuances, and subtle as in an expertly crafted portrait. Bravo.

sylvia kinglsley

A very special lemon. Would have bought it at once.

Love the waxy look. How do you do it, please?

Painter’s notes

A carefully chosen lemon brought home by Ruth from the Monday market in Bedoin—I just had to paint it!

Julian Merrow-Smith ·