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Still Life Painting

Discover representational still life paintings (including advice for painting) through interviews and features on contemporary artists.

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Artist Carlo Russo explains his recent Vanitas still life painting, which is on view in his solo exhibition at ...
"As with life and art in general, an approach filled with intent is at the heart of still life painting."
"I have come to learn that light itself is beautiful and seems to impart beauty to all it bathes, even to subjects that most might consider unsightly."
"When I painted this piece, I was drawn to the quiet poetry of ordinary things—a rusty old bucket, a torn piece of cloth, and a few humble slices of pumpkin."
Our featured Painting of the Week comes from Ukrainian artist Vera Kavura, who has been drawing and painting with pastels since 2017. She says ...
Ashwini Bharathula is a representational fine artist working mainly with oils. “Even while working in the corporate world, I had this constant itch to paint.”
Find inspiration for painting with oil in the following excerpt from Robert Johnson's classic book, "On Becoming a Painter."
Contemporary realism artist Patricia Tribastone shares her inspiration and process for the still life painting "Roses and Copper" (oil, 20 x 16 in.).
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