antique sterling silver flatware, mismatched set in a red room

 Mismatched Mates
6x6 inches / oil on panel
SOLD
Century old sterling flatware reflects a red room with framed paintings and me in a blue shirt.

Featured in the Perez Gallery Spring Show

Just a postscript on this painting: 
 It will be included in Sannie Terese Burén's new book about her uniquely interesting family history.  Sannie is a writer, freelance journalist and owner of the B&B Aeblegaarden in Denmark.   I invite you to visit their beautiful website featuring Sannie and Jacob's charming Bed & Breakfast along with gorgeous photogrqaphs and prose about living spiritually and in harmony with nature.  Also be sure to read more about the farm's history and their renovations.
Wish I could just magically blink and be there!

4 comments:

  1. Paintings by Irit BourlaJanuary 23, 2010 at 11:50:00 AM EST

    Another master piece.
    Great!!!!
    I am ready for dinner...

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  2. JEANNE ILLENYEJanuary 23, 2010 at 12:30:00 PM EST

    Thank you SO much, Irit! Seems I paint a lot of fruit and desserts, so it was just a natural transition into flatware...one needs something with which to devour all those tasties! :o) Bon appetit! Jeanne

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  3. Gerald SchwartzJanuary 23, 2010 at 2:04:00 PM EST

    Jeanne, Really nice handling of making silver look like what it is, from direction of light to shadows.
    In one word "Beautiful"

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  4. JEANNE ILLENYEJanuary 23, 2010 at 2:58:00 PM EST

    Thank you SO much, Gerald! It took quite a bit of effort to work the straight lines and subtleties in the fork tines within a small six inch panel, as well as the reflections within the spoon which are miniscule. The knife was actually the most fun capturing color variations and precise shapes of the highlights in that wonderfully wide blade. Jeanne

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