Turnip Royale by Dave Froude

Title: Turnip Royale
Medium: Oil on 11" x 14" wood panel $350.00

So here is the final version of this painting, before I started I had planned to do a complete white study but changed my mine just before I started, I pumped up the colour contrast a bit I also added a purple piece of paper under the objects which is hidden due to the eye level view this was to to cast purple reflections on everything.

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Enjoy, Comments welcome.
Dave

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Coke Glass- Still Life Painting Of Coca Cola Glass By Gerard Boersma

Coke Glass
still life painting of Coca Cola glass

G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
8" x 8" or 20 x 20 cm
2012
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I had this 8" x 8" panel lying around in my studio, I thought it would be just perfect for this still life of a Coke Glass.

kind regards, Gerard

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Leaves like flowers (2) by Cristina Dalla Valentina

Leaves like flowers (2) - watercolor on paper - 15,5" x 11,6"

Price: € 130

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More leaves asking me to be painted as bouquets of flower... like some days ago.

Leaves like flowers (2) - detail

Leaves like flowers (2) - detail

Leaves like flowers (2) - detail

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Jobs & Books- Still Life Painting Of Biography Steve Jobs By Gerard Boersma

Jobs & Books
still life painting of Steve Jobs biography

G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6" x 6" or 15 x 15 cm
2012
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It's impossible to walk into a bookstore and not see the face of Steve Jobs. His biography is everywhere. I wouldn't be surprised if the same happens to Whitney Houston. It's such a strange phenomena that I just had to paint it.

kind regards, Gerard

detail portrait Steve Jobs

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Modigliani Books- Art Within Art Still Life Painting of Books By Gerard Boersma

Modigliani Books
still life painting of art books

G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6" x 6" or 15 x 15 cm
2012
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In the corner of the bookstore I spotted these two friends. Whenever I look at a book like this it never cease to amaze me how one's life can be reduced to a small pile of paper. It tells the whole story, but then again the story isn't the same as the person.

kind regards, Gerard

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After Peploe - Apples and Jar watercolour painting by Marion Hedger

After Samuel Peploe - Apple and Jar

Post card size, watercolour and ink

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Part of the Masters Project of wetcanvas.com. A fun exchange of paintings between artists painting after the masters. I chose to paint most of mine after the Scottish Colourists.

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This Is Not A Book About Magritte By Gerard Boersma

This Is Not A Book About Magritte
still life painting of art books

G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6" x 6" or 15 x 15 cm
2012
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I jokingly entitled this painting of a book about Magritte after one of his most famous paintings of a pipe. However, on the cover here you see his work Tree With Crescent Moon. On the right you a book about Kirchner, the expressionist painter.

kind regards, Gerard

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Painting "Iced Coffee" Oil by Mary Hughes

8" x 8" "Iced Coffee"

Just finished! This one was fun to paint because I love to paint shiny things! Glass is so much fun to paint. It's like a fun puzzle, searching for what will make it stand out, glow, shine, shimmer. The cream is starting to explode in a swirl down deep in the glass. 

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Cup of Joe Painting by Mary Hughes

8" x 8" "Cup Of Joe"

Will be on display at Il Primo Espresso Cafe in Wichita Feb. 24.

What a week! Two of the paintings I'm working on have been fighting me. Tonight I excitedly started putting gentle snow falling in a forest scene and after lots of careful detail I could just have well signed my name with a large green crayon and been done with it! But I'm not giving up! I love the challenge (I tell myself) and will work on it until I'm satisfied. Hope to have it finished before summer!

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Edward Hopper Books- Art Within Art Still Life Painting of Books By Gerard Boersma

Edward Hopper Books
still life painting of art books

G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6" x 6" or 15 x 15 cm
2012
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Somehow people often compare my works to that of Edward Hopper. I feel honored they do so and I thought it would be fun to create a bookshelf painting with a book about Hopper at its center. A detail of his best known painting Nighthawks is on the cover.

kind regards, Gerard

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From one to two by Cristina Dalla Valentina

From one to two - watercolors and liquid acrylics on paper - 10,2" x 17,6"

Price: € 130
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From one to two - detail

From one to two - detail

These apples join up with the pears of One up, two down and the mandarins of By twos (always this "two"... is there some hidden meaning?) ...

Here the texture of the background shines through most clearly in the pulp of apples cut in half, and creates blobs that seem almost "wrong", but that intrigue me a lot...

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By twos by Cristina Dalla Valentina

By twos - watercolors and fluid acrylics on paper - 20" x 12,7"

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In this painting I used the same technique of the pears in One up, two down: liquid acrylics for the background, and watercolors for the tangerines.
The texture of the peels comes both from the manipulation of the watercolors (for example by spattering water on the color while it's drying) and from the variegated background created with the liquid acrylics, which, though transparent, are however permanent and are not disturbed by successive washes.

As with pears, I wanted to get an "old botanical illustration" look, but without pushing me too hard for realism... almost a game between precision and imagination.
I don't know if I succeeded, I leave the answer to you...
but I believe that the series of these fruits will not stop here, I'm having too much fun!

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He's standing right behind me isn't he? by Dave Froude

Title: He's standing right behind me isn't he? Oil on 11" x 14" wood panel $350

 Well I tried to remember the lessons learned from my last failed painting, and I wanted to make sure I stayed focused with this one, paying attention to value and colour relationships and thankfully this came together really quickly, with no real reworking involved. Love the way this pear looked when I picked it up, looked like it was on fire as 1 side is a very warm orange.

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Vermeer Books- Still Life Painting Of Art Books By Gerard Boersma

Vermeer Books
still life painting of art books

G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6" x 3.5" or 15 x 9 cm
2012
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This painting combines two things I love doing most in life: reading and painting.

In the center of this bookshelf you see a book about one of my favorite artists Johannes Vermeer. His Milkmaid is on the cover. You can view a detail picture of it below.

The museum show in Joure looks great! I spent the latter of the day decorating, it always takes more time than I anticipate. Fortunately, the museum people were just great. They assisted me along the way and I like to thank them for it! I'll post a couple of pics soon!

kind regards, Gerard

Detail Vermeer Books
please keep in mind that the actual size of Vermeer's Milkmaid is about the same as that of a post stamp

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Bicycle Forks - original oil painting by Linda Apple

 
Copyright © 2012 Linda Apple

"Bike Forks"
oil on gallery wrapped canvas
6"x 6"

Having a bit of fun today! This is one
that will later be a T-Shirt design.

If you are an avid biker or know one..... My son has created a
fabulous NEW Cycling website here : ProAm Bike
The cycling T-Shirts are here: T-Shirts

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Peach Rose - Oil Pastel Painting by Marion Hedger

Peach Rose painting by Marion Hedger

Oil Pastel
A4 on sanded paper

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One of my first oil pastel florals. Here I studied blending and layering of the oil pastels.

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CL037- Still Life Painting Of Shoe Christian Louboutin By Gerard Boersma

CL037
still life painting of Christian Louboutin high heel

G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6" x 2.8" or 15 x 7 cm
2012
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This is the last still life painting of a shoe for now. Starting tomorrow I'm going to concentrate on my other beloved subjects.

Later today I'm going to Joure to decorate my solo show at Museum Joure. I'm not sure yet which paintings to bring, but it's going to be a lot. I'm excited about showing my work at this wonderful museum and cannot wait to get started! The show runs from feb. 11 - april 15. I'll keep you posted!

kind regards, Gerard

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CL036- Still Life Painting Of Purple Shoe Christian Louboutin By Gerard Boersma

CL036
still life painting of purple Christian Louboutin high heel

G. Boersma
acrylics on masonite
6" x 2.8" or 15 x 7 cm
2012
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It looks like this heel never ends, it just keeps on going and going!

kind regards, Gerard

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Spring Freesias Posy - Coloured Pencil painting by Marion Hedger

 "Spring Freesias" on blue colorfix paper. 24x30cm

 

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Along with the daffodils the freesias are some of the first flowers to appear in the garden, and they gave it such a lift after the bareness of winter. I picked a bunch and their colours inspired me to paint them. I had some dark blue coloured colorfix paper and decided to try coloured pencils. I am not very experienced with coloured pencils but was pleased with the outcome.

I like working on a dark background as it can make the colours 'sing' and often use dark backgrounds for my acrylic and pastel paintings. With the pencils it was difficult to establish the whites, but they did eventually come forward.

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Bird Nest - still life by Linda Apple

Copyright © 2012 Linda Apple
 

"Bird Nest" 

oil on gallery wrapped canvas 8"x 8"

Found this little nest, abandoned for the winter, 

that still had a few tuffs of down.

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