Varian opened this issue on Oct 11, 2001 ยท 12 posts
Varian posted Thu, 11 October 2001 at 11:42 PM
A still life is a type of image arrangement that traditionally painters (and photographers, sculptors, etc.) indulge in as practice to help perfect their techniques with form, light, shadow, composition. Usually, a still life contains no living objects -- i.e. no people, no animals -- as a vase, some cut flowers, a few pieces of fruit, a drape of cloth and such would remain "posed" for hours and hours, even days, without complaining to the artist that he was taking too long. ;) Here are a few links to help better explain what a still life is, and also to some examples of still life works that may help inspire you for this month's Theme. If you know of additional sites related to still life, please add links here! :) Maria Barvanova's explanation of her still life artwork http://www.mariavarbanova.evro.net/a.htm Still Life paintings by D. M. Bates http://dmbates.com/Still_life_pg.htm Still life flowers by Jane Jones http://www.janejonesartist.com/prints.html Large display of still life posters and prints http://www.allwall.com/asp/display-asp/_/NV--1_1854/posters.htm Still life paintings of Diane Barton http://www.bartonstudio.com/stilllifestest.htm
jpcr posted Fri, 12 October 2001 at 6:58 AM
Attached Link: http://www.buehrle.ch/index.asp?lang=e&id_pic=64
another example from Mr Renoir. jp
Varian posted Fri, 12 October 2001 at 11:05 AM
Thanks for adding that one, JP, looks good! :)
Bop posted Fri, 12 October 2001 at 5:50 PM
There were sometimes fishes in certain Still life paints...
tesign posted Fri, 12 October 2001 at 7:05 PM
You are Bop...a painting of a taxidermy or a plate of delicious whole smoke salmon...yum, yum! ;-) Ahem..cook lobster display, anyone?
Varian posted Fri, 12 October 2001 at 9:25 PM
LOL, well Claude's right, but I think the fish were of the deceased variety. Must've made for an interesting aroma in the studio after a few days! ;)
Bop posted Fri, 12 October 2001 at 9:31 PM
Maybe artists foud that it was just a way for forcing themselves to work faster... ;-) I could try something like this... maybe...
tesign posted Fri, 12 October 2001 at 10:22 PM
LOL!...hey Varian, a better phrase would be "Painting Still Live - Subject : Stale Fish"! Well to get around this, we have preserved fish call "Salted Fish"...last for months without refrigeration...a delicacy here with Chinese poridge, yum, yum!
Varian posted Fri, 12 October 2001 at 10:55 PM
LOL! Subject: Stale Fish, How Quickly Can You Paint? :D
tesign posted Fri, 12 October 2001 at 11:16 PM
No hurry..the fish dead and salted. At your own time "carry on" :) One good thing is, your painted finished piece of art would not be stale, at least...LOL!
tradivoro posted Fri, 12 October 2001 at 11:40 PM
Hey Varian, some very intersting sites... Actually, in some dutch still lives they had insects like beetles and locust and butterflies... And yeah, I've seen some fish... :)
Varian posted Sat, 13 October 2001 at 10:48 AM
I suppose "anything goes" really, as long as it's not going to crawl or fly away before the painting's finished. :)