Women in Art - Raising the Bar

Staycation Still Life
Egg tempera on paper gessoed with sinopia, framed under glass with an extra deep mount
24 cm x 22 cm 
2021

Signed on Front Right

I had this still life set up for quite a few days before I began painting. I would look at it and think about what might need to change. I had lots of other things I needed to do so couldn’t paint, but I guess I was painting in my head, a bit. Ultimately, the objects on the right side were substituted and I moved things around. That meant that I didn’t have to make any changes to things while painting. I love when that happens when I have figured out the composition COMPLETELY before I begin.

Most of the objects are new and came from the Needham market car boot sale. I bought them last weekend. The Spanish figure, a bottle of alcohol, was my treasure and it only set me back by a couple of quid. The standing cigarette tin was completely rusted but I shined it up with steel wool and some beeswax. The cloth came from some newly purchased discontinued wallpaper/fabric books from Heather’s in Stowmarket.