I don't want people to copy Matisse or Picasso, although it is entirely proper to admit their influence. I don't make paintings like theirs. I make paintings like mine.
Abstract Still Life Paintings
The still life paintings are inspired by my collection of vintage North Carolina Pottery. The pottery images are not literal, but my interpretation of the pots, adding color and shapes that the actual pots inspire. The objective is to create a colorful active series of shapes and textures that have an interchange of space within the boundaries of the canvas. That is to say, the planes of colors and textures seem to be either closer or farther away from the viewer.
The Fruit Bowl Paintings are a call from the past, I did similar studies in the 1970s and was reminded of them during a recent visit to the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk and saw for the first time in over 30 years their Matisse "Bowl Of Apples".
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![]() North Carolina Pottery and FruitAcrylic On Canvas 48" x 36" Framed Price on Request | ![]() NC Jug With Green ApplesAcrylic on Canvas 30" x 40" Framed Price on Request |
![]() Still Life With North CarolinaPotteryAcrylic on canvas 30" x 40" Framed Price on request | ![]() North Carolina Pottery and Two OrangesAcrylic on canvas 30" x 40" Framed Price on request |
![]() Still Life With N.C. Jug And ApplesAcrylic on canvas 30" x 40" Framed Price on request | ![]() North Carolina Pot With Fruit BowlAcrylic on canvas 30" x 40" Framed Price on request |
![]() Fruit Bowl With North Carolina PotsAcrylic on canvas 30" x 40" Framed Price on request | ![]() North Carolina PotsAcrylic on canvas 30" x 40" Framed Price on request |
![]() Still Life With North Carolina PotsAcrylic on canvas 30" x 40" Framed Price on request | ![]() Fruit Bowl After Matisse 2Acrylic on canvas 24" x 36" Framed Price on request |
![]() Still Life With FruitAcrylic On Canvas 26 1/2" x 38 1/2" Framed Price on request | ![]() Fruit Bowl 4Acrylic on canvas 36" x 24" Framed Price on request |
![]() Fruit Bowl 3Acrylic on canvas 36" x 24" Framed Price on request | ![]() Fruit Bowl With North Carolina JugAcrylic on canvas 30" x 40" Framed Price on request |
![]() Still Life With N.C. Jug And ApplesAcrylic on canvas 40" x 30" Framed Price on request | ![]() Still Life With Fruit Bowl And Carolina PotteryAcrylic On Canvas 30" x 40" Price on request |
![]() Still Life With Carolina PotteryAcrylic On Canvas 48" x 40" Framed Price on request | ![]() Two Carolina PotsAcrylic On Canvas 30" x40" Price on request |
![]() North Carolina PotAcrylic on canvas 30" x 40" Framed Price on request | ![]() Red JugAcrylic on canvas 30"x 40" Framed Price on request |
![]() Still Life With N.C. PotteryAcrylic on canvass 24" x 36" Price on request | ![]() Rebacca Jug Before Dark WindowAcrylic on canvas, 24" x 36". Framed Price on request |
![]() Rebecca JugAcrylic On Paper 37" x 50 1/2" Framed Price on request | ![]() Rebecca JugAcrylic on canvas 30" x 40" Framed Price on request |
![]() Rebecca JugAcrylic on canvas 36" x 24" Framed Price on request | ![]() Rebecca Jug With Black HandleAcrylic on canvas 30" x40" Framed Price on request |
![]() Still Life With Friut Bowl And Rebacca JugAcrylic on canvas. 48" x 36" Price on request |
"If Raphael returned today with exactly the same pictures, no one would buy a single one....No one would even look at them."