Daily Painting

Roscoff onion and bottle

20cm x 15cm, oil on board

Painting status: SOLD

Painted Tuesday, 7 April 2020 · Still life paintings

The conversation

Thoughts on this painting

13 comments

Helen Tarr

Hi Julian, this is so beautiful and inspiring. Small paintings of everyday objects, that can be painted indoors at home, have a new significance in this strange new world in which we find ourselves. Stay safe and well and thank you for brightening my email inbox with your beautiful paintings.

Graham Lomas

Julian, your paintings speak to us in a very eloquent way.
I am running out of superlatives, but I don’ think I have used this one.
IT’S MAGICAL!!!
Kind regards, Graham Lomas

Mary Ellen Ellen Griffin

Julian and Ruth, and Louis,

Yes, it's the same here: very few people on the roads or walks. We are all trying to stay safe and sane.

I'm painting! One lesson I've learned is to learn from my mistakes.

God bless.

Mary Ellen

Linda Dyke

Dear Julian,

What is a Roscoff onion? Is it particular to Provence? It is quite lovely in your painting with the brown bottle. Thanks for giving me something attractive to look at and interesting to think about--e.g., also, what was in the bottle originally?

Cheers,
Linda

Julian

Roscoff is a port/town in Brittany on the north west coast of France famous for it's onions

patsy farr

Love your paintings popping into my inbox, especially during this time of isolation. This one puts me in mind of a William Nicholson. The depth of dark in that bottle is wonderful. Thankyou from a mountain in Ireland!

Painter’s notes

A strange world, barely another soul seen on our daily walk, neither on foot nor in a car - I heard a statistic that traffic volume was back to levels last seen in 1955 - home schooling done, pizzas made and served and while I type, Louis is being put to bed. Keep safe.

Julian Merrow-Smith ·