"Tabletop with Espresso Set and Breakfast Fruit" (11"X14", Oil on Canvas, SOLD)
The wooden 'pin box' of my late grandmother makes another appearance in this painting, also done in my old bedroom. The white porcelain espresso cup and maker are clearly the focus, echoing the porcelain knobs of the pin box. The ripe persimmon has color elements in the wood and the bananas harmonize with the table.
The leaf at the top of the persimmon is actually the thin viridian green underpainting showing through. It was the right color, so I left it. The underpainting shows again in the right corner behind the decorative small glass vase, but mostly as a way of harmonizing with the leaves.
This was one of my very first still life paintings after learning some of the principles.
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