"Pomegranate and Blue Tin"
5"x 7" Oil on gessoed board.
To view my current ebay listings and Holiday Sale click here.
5"x 7" Oil on gessoed board.
This painting is really a tribute to the artist Jullian Merrow-Smith.
When I first began discovering other contemporary artists on the internet, he was one of the first that I fell in love with. I am still greatly influenced by his work. In fact, in a few of his earlier still lifes he painted an aged blue tin that I adored. I spent a year looking for a similar one in thrift and antique stores.
About five months ago I bought a brand new tin that was the unpainted natural tin. I banged and dented it and then painted with spray paint the exact color that I desired. Scraping and chipping the paint a bit prepared it for a stay outdoors in the flowerbed to hopefully rust in those raw spots. After outside for several weeks I was disappointed in the amount of rust, so I soaked it in water for three days. I am now the proud owner of a Julian Merrow-Smith blue tin knock off. Oh yeah, I painted a pomegranate too.
Click here to visit my blog Marilyn M King Studio.When I first began discovering other contemporary artists on the internet, he was one of the first that I fell in love with. I am still greatly influenced by his work. In fact, in a few of his earlier still lifes he painted an aged blue tin that I adored. I spent a year looking for a similar one in thrift and antique stores.
About five months ago I bought a brand new tin that was the unpainted natural tin. I banged and dented it and then painted with spray paint the exact color that I desired. Scraping and chipping the paint a bit prepared it for a stay outdoors in the flowerbed to hopefully rust in those raw spots. After outside for several weeks I was disappointed in the amount of rust, so I soaked it in water for three days. I am now the proud owner of a Julian Merrow-Smith blue tin knock off. Oh yeah, I painted a pomegranate too.
To view my current ebay listings and Holiday Sale click here.
No comments:
Post a Comment