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Here is my newest painting. It's another of the reflection series. The story behind this begins with a coffeepot. I knew I wanted to create a painting with a coffeepot as the reflective object, and I thought I'd also like a basket in the still life. I tried some preliminary collections of objects at my home in Madison, but nothing really grabbed me.
Soon thereafter, I traveled to Missouri to visit my parents home, and what should I see in the corner of their kitchen? A coffeepot, basket, an aloe plant and some other stuff all on a cart. Voila! I removed a couple of the items and did some minor readjustments to the positioning of the objects but the still life was largely preexistant, waiting for me to photograph it. I love it when stuff like that happens. I have included the photo I worked from and an image of the finished painting to illustrate this.
I also revised the image after taking the photo, the greatest difference being that I chose to make the walls a vivid color instead of using the wallpaper which was the actual background. It made the overall image too busy, especially when placed with the texture of the basket.
The tag was on the basket when I photographed it, I chose to leave it in for interest and also to give a "tip of the hat" to the craftspeople who made it. The basket was woven by Joe & Alice Dudenhoeffer, of Linn, Missouri. They are super-nice and extremely talented people. If you get the chance to purchase some of their weaving or woodcarving, I highly recommend it.
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