Wednesday, July 14, 2010

"Sunflowers in Blue and White"

8 x 10
oil on stretched canvas
sold

Thanks to Qiang Huang and his help in painting a blue and white vase in a recent workshop, I find I am now drawn to these china pieces more and more for use in still lifes. Having fresh sunflowers is an added bonus!


17 comments:

  1. very nice, love the little boat! your sunflowers are great!

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  2. ann,
    this still life is beautiful...
    congrats...

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  3. I'm very impressed, Ann! Beautiful work on the vases. The addition of the sunflowers and apple make a stunning still life. Well done!

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  4. And the blue and white works so well with the sunflowers. Great job!

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  5. So beautiful, love it! Ok, now I'm on the hunt for blue and white vases for you.

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  6. Vraiment très réussi, bravo. Belle et généreuse peinture.

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  7. A beautiful still life; love the shape of those canisters. The sunflowers add love and brightness to this piece; the apple? A sense of home an all is right with the world. Just lovely, Ann!

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  8. Your still life paintings are wonderful. I especially love the blue and white vase. Beautiful.

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  9. You handled the vases extremely well, nice composition too!

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  10. Thanks for all your nice comments, they are each one very encouraging in this painting journey!

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  11. Beautiful still life Ann. Love the red apple and sunflowers...your palette colors are awesome!

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  12. Like these two sunflower paintings Ann. I love the blue background in the first post. Like the way you left some canvas tone peek through. So nice!

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  13. Very nice! These sunflowers are gorgeous! And the one of the boy and watermelon--he's so entirely happy it made me smile.

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  14. Great texture in this one Ann, and having tried painting blue and white vases, I can fully appreciate what you pulled off here. Great job!

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