Jude Rae, Contemporary Still Life

[image_with_animation image_url=”11565″ alignment=”” animation=”None” box_shadow=”none” max_width=”100%”] Her work looks to me like a modern Morandi. The composition is static, the colors are either quiet or repetitive and controlled, the objects are worn and common. The minimalist arrangements present the objects as flat abstracted forms. Notice the soft edges and surface detail. This painting is sitting right on the surface of the linen.

 

[gallery ids=”11573,11571,11564,11561,11575,11576″ onclick=”link_no[gallery ids=”11567,11568,11569″ onclick=”link_no I’m teaching a Still Life class on Friday nights. Drawings, paintings, and mixed media welcome. In addition to drawing and painting and media mixing, you’ll be learning how to design, build, and light your own personal style of still life scenes. We’ll talk about how to develop interest, tension, and narrative, as well as exploring what types of scenes inspire you to produce your best work.

Some of the topics I’ve got planned:

1. Build a Box, Compositional Height, Light & Shadow, Big vs Small
2. Repetition & Variety 
3. Experimental still lifes
4. Deconstruction, reconstruction of the picture
5. Theme
6. Sense of time
7. Narrative 
8. Challenges and bragging rights 

Thinking about joining this class? Don’t delay, we start this week! Click here to learn more.

I have two gap scholarships to give away. Interested? Click here.