I love painting still lifes! It is a challenge to arrange the elements into a pleasing composition, to get the lighting just right, to accentuate the volume and three dimensional forms of the objects I've chosen to paint. The contrast between the plush texture of rich velvet drapery against the crisp glossy skin of a ripe red apple excites my artist's eye!

I particularly enjoy capturing the feeling of sunlight filtering through the transluscent petals of flowers in the garden, so that it seems as if the blossom is glowing form within!

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