The paintings in this collection are from a series titled STILL LIFE on the BRINK.
In Still Life With Oysters and Lemon, Mark Doty writes that still life resides in absolute silence. It is resolutely still, immutable, poised for a forward movement that will never occur. The brink upon which still life rests is the brink of time, the edge of something about to happen.
These paintings were created to challenge the predestined stillness of the traditional, releasing the sedentary by engaging the viewer’s experience, memory and imagination, supplying a contextual setting for the objects, resulting in an impression of life beyond “the brink”...
The Real Purple One with Pineapples, acrylic on canvas, 30”w x 24”h
The Real Blue Green One with a Dove, acrylic on canvas, 20”w x 20”h
The Real Orange One with a Bluebird, acrylic on canvas, 12”w x 36”h
The Real Yellow One with Raggedy Ann, acrylic and paper on canvas, 20”w x 24”h
The Real Blue One with Mickey, acrylic on canvas, 20”w x 24”h
The Real Red One with an Eggplant, acrylic on canvas, 24”w x 36”h
The Real Yellow Orange One with Furby, acrylic on canvas, 48”w x 24”h
The Real Red & Blue One with a Ram, acrylic on canvas, 30”w x 48”h
The Real Red & Yellow One with Betty, acrylic and paper on canvas, 40”w x 30”h
The Real Sky Blue One with Pipes, acrylic and paper on canvas, 24”w x 30”h
The Real Yellow Green One with Ponies, acrylic on canvas, 36”w x 24”h
The Real Red Purple One with an Olive, acrylic on canvas, 16”w x 20”h
The Real Green One with a Charm, acrylic on canvas, 18”w x 36”h
The Real Pink One with Technos & Ann, acrylic on canvas, 40”w x 30”h
In Still Life With Oysters and Lemon, Mark Doty writes that still life resides in absolute silence. It is resolutely still, immutable, poised for a forward movement that will never occur. The brink upon which still life rests is the brink of time, the edge of something about to happen.
These paintings were created to challenge the predestined stillness of the traditional, releasing the sedentary by engaging the viewer’s experience, memory and imagination, supplying a contextual setting for the objects, resulting in an impression of life beyond “the brink”...
The Real Purple One with Pineapples, acrylic on canvas, 30”w x 24”h
The Real Blue Green One with a Dove, acrylic on canvas, 20”w x 20”h
The Real Orange One with a Bluebird, acrylic on canvas, 12”w x 36”h
The Real Yellow One with Raggedy Ann, acrylic and paper on canvas, 20”w x 24”h
The Real Blue One with Mickey, acrylic on canvas, 20”w x 24”h
The Real Red One with an Eggplant, acrylic on canvas, 24”w x 36”h
The Real Yellow Orange One with Furby, acrylic on canvas, 48”w x 24”h
The Real Red & Blue One with a Ram, acrylic on canvas, 30”w x 48”h
The Real Red & Yellow One with Betty, acrylic and paper on canvas, 40”w x 30”h
The Real Sky Blue One with Pipes, acrylic and paper on canvas, 24”w x 30”h
The Real Yellow Green One with Ponies, acrylic on canvas, 36”w x 24”h
The Real Red Purple One with an Olive, acrylic on canvas, 16”w x 20”h
The Real Green One with a Charm, acrylic on canvas, 18”w x 36”h
The Real Pink One with Technos & Ann, acrylic on canvas, 40”w x 30”h
Joan Kresek ~ joankresek@gmail.com