"Bucket of Spring" Contemporary Original Fauvist Still Life Oil Painting

Description

This colorful, floral still life oil painting was inspired by the feeling of playfulness and wonder. The artwork started with … more This colorful, floral still life oil painting was inspired by the feeling of playfulness and wonder. The artwork started with my friend bringing the blue and white bucket filled with spring clippings from flowering trees. We were deciding what kind of "vase" to put them in so we could paint and both decided the blue and white pale was quite fun!

The pale reminded me of my daughter and the child like wonder and sense of spontaneity of creating with sand at the beach. As the painting started to unfold the bucket became this surprising and unexpected part of the artwork that gave it a unique playful expression.

In creating the painting I used a full palette of interesting and equally unexpected colors. While there are elements of reality in the artwork the painting also embraces a lot of imagination. Vibrant and varied brushwork captures the spontaneous energy and texture of nature. This is evident in the background, the flowering petals and other parts of the painting. The palette of blues, pinks and oranges play along in an exciting way with shades of white, soft greens and violets. Simple lines and silhouettes add to the contemporary nature of the artwork and it's unique style.

I painted this on a gallery wrapped canvas. The artwork comes ready to hang unframed, but can be framed. less