Oil on museum quality Ampersand Gessobord panel
6" x 8"
2015
This is new twist on an old theme. I really enjoyed painting the warm tones of this oyster painting. The slightly briny oysters were shucked at a friend's party over the weekend. They were staged on a venerable aluminum cookie sheet, the brushed surface of which picked up and diffused the warm light of the kitchen in a delightful way. The yellow and pink tones of the shell and flesh of the oyster played well against such a background.
4 comments:
Hi Mark,
Big fan of your lovely oyster paintings! What a great "abstract" still life subject. May I ask the palette you use for these? Thanks and happy painting from Colorado. Aimee
Thanks, Scarlet. I use a limited palette a la Anders Zorn: titanium white, ivory black, yellow ocher, and cadmium red light with a little Prussian blue for the cold notes.
Thanks very much Mark--I love the Zorn palette too. Very interesting with the Prussian addition. You achieve such a beautiful pearly effect.
For some odd reason, Salvador Dali, in his book "Fifty Secrets to Magic Craftsmanship", stated emphatically that Prussian blue had no business being on the palette. I disagree.
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