"Fall Leaves"
10 x 8 in
Oil on Canvas Panel
I got up this morning not knowing what I wanted to paint, I usually hang around the kitchen and see what inspires me. My girlfriend and I just finish remodeling our kitchen which just consisted of putting in shelves, dish soap holder and a magnetic strip for the knives. We love the way the kitchen looks and it has so much more space now for our little apartment. While we were getting our kitchen ware from ikea we also picked up this adorable bottle, which inspired me this morning when first seeing it. I was only going to paint the bottle but my girlfriend gave me a great idea to incorporate some of the leaves from outside. Fall in Minnesota is so beautiful, the leaves on tree's change to these beautiful intense colors. With her great idea that's what I did and really like the combination of the two. Really different than what I usually do other than the wooden base but that's what attracted me to paint these objects, I really wanted to paint something different and push myself at the same time. The bottle has so much subtle values and of course it's see through, clear glass is not something I usually paint and wanted to see how I can do it. Alway's fun to see how far you can push yourself as a painter and stay true to what you'r painting.
You can see the making of this painting on my blog:
