“5 O’clock tea.”
Another hot week is gone, and the hot dry weather gone as well. And how annoying is this: after few weeks of clear sky, just the night the big eclipse was supposed to come, storm, rain and heavy clouds. Hence, we were unable to watch the blood red moon. It would have been a great experience, perhaps some good reference photos taken ... but, no, it is always cloudy when something like this is coming. But, enough about weather.
Regarding art, I have had a great week. I have received the new instalment of the “Art Gallery” subscription at DeAgostini and already started reading it. I read about E. Munch. An exceptional painter and print maker. It was a great lecture and looking forward the next ones.
I also studied about a contemporary artist, which I think is one of the greatest living artists. Odd Nerdrum, a Norwegian painter. After I discovered him online and looked up many of his paintings, I watched this week a documentary about his life and how he came to paint like he does today. The documentary is called “Hunt for Odd Nerdrum.”
And, for my weekly painting I have chosen to do another tea themed still life. This time, not with a PG box, but with a little Twinings sachet. And it looks less like an advert and more like a still life.
I used a reduced palette, withe two reds, three yellows, black, two browns and a blue; I am still working on reducing the palette, but for the moment I can’t find the answer to reducing it further.
I didn’t use any medium, just turps to thin the paints. I worked it mostly alla prima, but over few days, so some drying happened as well.
So, here it is:
“5 O’clock tea.”
Oil on linen.
24 X 30cm (11” X 14”).
