Daily Painting

Still life with quince, plum and bowl

19cm x 12cm, oil on board

Painting status: SOLD

Painted Sunday, 28 September 2014 · Still life paintings

The conversation

Thoughts on this painting

12 comments

Elaine Culbert


Loving the contrasting colors and admiring the whitish bloom that you paint on the plums! The leaves are so well done too.

Jo bowers

Wow - that has certainly opened my eyes to the difference between the the two kinds of light - have to say I prefer natural lighting, but its beautiful nevertheless.

Anna Howard

Dear Julian, fascinating, beyond the reflections of the plum and the lemon I see a doorway. Also, is there a chip on the bowls edge? The organic shapes of the leaves are painted with such verve. A moody night painting.
Anna.

jeannine anderson

wonderful composition--but the star of the painting is the bowl, for me, it's all about the bowl--can hardly take my eyes off of it--magnificent--completely drawn into it. Congrats to whoever the successful bidder is--what a great addition to their collection. Jeannine

Jeff

I personally don't like this configuration but have to say my first reaction was "WOW, he has certainly captured the feeling of sunlight and how it hits the eye" so maybe you needn't be so wary or pedantic about using artificial light.
One of my favorite British painters William Nicholson experimented with daylight light globes with stunning results.

Alain

Thank you for mentioning this painter. Wonderful discovery for me! Some of his paintings share some features with Julian paintings. The striking thing here is that the brightest object is at the furthest point, as in several landscapes of Alfred Sisley.

Grace Snyder

My thanks also to Jeff for mention of William Nicholson. Looked him up on google and yes, some so similar to Julian. I like the "light" in them.

Painter’s notes

I did actually set out to paint at the river but forgot my glasses (I also forgot to take any panels but that's moot). Out of daylight by the time I returned I used artificial light for the first time since last winter, hence the dramatic lighting (I usually paint in daylight)

Julian Merrow-Smith ·