This is another high key still life. These brighter paintings are still a learning process for me, but I do enjoy the opportunity for playing with the light and color.
White Pitcher with Flowers Oil on 9 x 12 linen panel
Still life paintings are usually a chance to "let go" with color. It's one of the reasons I find them so invigorating to paint. Yesterday's still life was quite the opposite: a lesson in restraint. The white vase and white flowers made this painting all about values.