Experiencing Joy Through Art

   Hello and good morning! I am excited to share my latest completed still life painting with you! I posted last week on this painting showing it as a work in progress as well as the still life set-up I used to paint it.

   The painting is now complete and is available on my website. I loved working on this piece! I mentioned previously that the bottle was a recent acquisistion from eBay and it’s always fun to use new items in a set up as it keeps things fresh. Every time I add a new goodie to my library of still life items, I always want to use it in my next painting!

“Sweet and Savory” • 12 x 16 • Oil on Canvas Panel

   What made this painting so much fun to paint was the challenge of incorporating the beautiful colors of the onions without making them too bright and false looking. Red onions especially do have some gorgeous red violet hues in their layers and I wanted to capture those. 

   The best way to do it is to keep the dominant colors somewhat subdued, but then come back in with a few brush strokes of saturated color to set it off.

   I also love that in set-ups like these the bottle can be paintined with a minimum of detail. The shape of the bottle seems to echo the shape of the onions too, so that helps tie the theme together.