'still life' around us...
"Sunrise", 1987, acrylic on paper, 36 x 36 inch, 90 x 90 cm
...while observing certain spaces or objects...
"Hispano Mauresque and Apricots", 1987,
acrylic on canvas, 23 x 25 inch, 58 x 65 cm
...we may feel their presence...
...as an energy which transcends...
"Celadon and Mandarins", 1999,
acrylic on canvas, 18 x 20 inch, 46 x 51 cm
...what our mind calls 'lifeless matter'.
"Anemones and Apples", 1988, acrylic on canvas, 24 x 30 inch, 60 x 76 cm
Intuitively we may start a silent communication.
"White Amaryllis", 1985, acyllic on canvas, 47 x 63 inch, 120 x 160 cm
Still life art is about the poetical nature of
things and spaces.
"Equinox". 1991, acrylic on canvas, 43 x 56 inch, 109 x 142 cm
"Painting is silent poetry"...
says Simonides* and James Whistler** states:
"As music is the poetry of sound, so is painting the poetry of sight".
"The Antique Spanish Chairs", 1992, acrylic on canvas, 50 x 56 inch, 127 x 142 cm
We are used to notice environmental changes like luminosity, cloudiness, humidity,
air movement ,temperature etc. but we may miss out on some invisible ones...
Speaking of the invisible I would like to convert some of these invisible energies into something...
* Simonides, Greek poet, 6th - 5th century B.C.
** James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American painter, 1834 - 1903.
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