daily painting titled Lemon, bottle and sprig of thyme
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Lemon, bottle and sprig of thyme

20cm x 15cm, oil on board Painting status: SOLD
Daily painting for Friday 3 October, 2014
Posted in Still life paintings
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16 Comments

karin moorhouse | October 3, 2014 8:40 PM
Amazing. I can taste the zing of the lemon. Love the change of palette
Judy McLaren | October 3, 2014 8:48 PM
Two unlikely friends - the thyme giving its benediction to the perfect lemon, whose brilliant yellow is balanced by the preponderant mass of subtle pastels.
Evelyn Mahrt | October 3, 2014 8:56 PM
Very, very nice!
Grace Snyder | October 3, 2014 9:21 PM
Loving it! Living here in Florida everything is high key light most of the time. Thanks, Julian.
tim owens | October 3, 2014 9:33 PM
a lemon in any light is a beautiful thing bravo
Ella biondi | October 3, 2014 9:54 PM
Especially love the rosy note next to the green glass. Beautifully done, bravo!
Gisela Barrington | October 3, 2014 10:03 PM
Light! Light! Light! It's about time you ditch the dark........
Maud Guilfoyle | October 3, 2014 10:05 PM
So fine! The light is beautiful.
Alain | October 3, 2014 10:14 PM
Perfect mastery of tones and hues. Entrancing!
June Harben | October 3, 2014 10:32 PM
I love your paintings and look forward to receiving the new one every day. Thank you. The references to your family are interesting and make me feel as though we are friends.
Anna Howard | October 4, 2014 10:34 AM
Dear Julian, if you had squared it up a bit, used a plumb line and left a few notation marks, Euan Uglow would have felt right at home. Why do I see a touch of Uglow here? Is it the uncompromising light, the searing yellow of the lemon against the greys and pinks of the back ground? A spare, hard won elegance. A fresco like palette? A stimulating change that is very enjoyable, but please don't stop painting the dark "golden age" still lifes just yet! Anna.
Alain | October 4, 2014 1:35 PM
Today Julian, I came upon a landscape of William-Merritt Chase: "Olive trees, Florence". I was stunned by the high level of similarity between his brushstrokes and yours: creamy,lively,quivering! And luminous. www.wikiart.org/en/william-merritt-chase/olive-trees-florence
JOL | October 4, 2014 3:01 PM
GORGEOUS! I always love your reflections in a bottle. A mise en abyme, as Gide would put it.
JOL | October 4, 2014 3:03 PM
GORGEOUS! I always love your reflections in a bottle. A mise en abyme, as Gide would put it.
Michael | October 4, 2014 7:22 PM
Prefer the darker tones
Jeff | October 6, 2014 1:06 PM
Really quite beautiful.