{Art Inspiration} Still Life Paintings
May 27, 2017 |
| Still Life Painting Inspiration: Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin |
Let's explore inspiring classic still life paintings
with tranquil beauty and hushed color palettes
and allow their quiet beauty to work magic on
our souls, yes?
Slow inhale. The still life.
Gentle exhale. The still-er life.
Hmmm. I feel called to slow down,
and I guess I'm taking you all with me,
if that's okay.
Please do visit this slow living ditty
posted the other day if you missed
it since it is sort of a primer for
our journey into a slower lovelyland,
with more stillness and intentional living.
What makes it a still life?
It's a work of art typically depicting common
objects of life such as fruit, flowers, vases, etc.
By the late 16th century, still life painting emerged
as a distinct painting genre, and today, still life
work can involve 3D mixed media, found objects,
video, and sound.
Art buyers LOVE still life, and is it any wonder?
The inanimate objects are frozen in time
and seem to whisper "look closer...look
at all the beauty hiding in the mundane."
I have a background in psychology and
psychotherapy, so I see a paralell
between the popularity of still life
with art buyers and the habit of
Pinterest users to largely pin photos
without faces in them (unless the face
is say Channing Tatum)...we humans
seem to need to project ourselves
into the scene.
*removes psychotherapist hat*
Let's get lost in still life lovely...
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| Still Life Painting Inspiration: Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin |
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| Still Life Painting Inspiration: Jean Baptiste Simeon Chardin |
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| Still Life Painting Inspiration: Emil Carlsen Soren |
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| Still Life Painting Inspiration: Emil Carlsen Soren |
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| Still Life Painting Inspiration: Emil Carlsen Soren |
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| Still Life Painting Inspiration: Emil Carlsen Soren |
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| Still Life Painting Inspiration: Emil Carlsen Soren |
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| Still Life Painting Inspiration: Emil Carlsen Soren |
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| Still Life Painting Inspiration: Emil Carlsen Soren |
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| Still Life Painting Inspiration: William Merritt Chase |
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| Still Life Painting Inspiration: William Merritt Chase |
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| Still Life Painting Inspiration: William Merritt Chase |
healing or a spiritual practice?
I certainly do, and I need not understand the
mystery of how the healing comes, I only
need to be open to allow it in.
Thanks for reading, friend.
Peace to you right where you are.
6 comments
Love the Soren ones. Amazing that a brass object can look that real.
ReplyDeletethey're dreamy. thanks for reading, colleen. :)
DeleteI don't know if viewing art can be a healing or spiritual experience as I've never thought of it in that way... but I do remember feeling elevated after attending a Moran exhibit in a museum in Tulsa a few years ago. The massive canvases boggled my mind. How does an artist transfer what's in his eye or mind onto a wall sized canvas? I have no idea.... all I know is those paintings transported me to the location Moran painted.. oh! Is that the spirituality? The unexplained transport? The awe of it? Okay. Yes! It can be a spiritual experience. No doubt....
ReplyDeletethe mysterious transport indeed sounds spiritual to this spiritual thinker. :)
DeleteThere is something magical to me about still life pairings, I wonder about the setting, the artist what made them assemble each piece. Lovely post.
ReplyDeleteI hear you. why those objects and that particular moment? thanks for visiting, friend. xox
DeleteYour comments add to the beauty...thanks in advance for your kindness.