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Blue Pitcher with Cut Lemons (2026) Original Oil Painting by Elizabeth B. Tucker
20.32 x 20.32 x 0.25cm (unframed) / 20.32 x 20.32cm (actual image size)
£123.47
Original artwork description
I brought this pitcher home from Cape Cod where I found it in a resale shop. It reminds me of the Cape and lemonade.
One of the design ideas was to allow the design placement lines show through a bit in the background. These lines are called Rebatement Lines. You can see how the lip of the pitcher lines up on both diagonals. I love to analyze paintings for their underlying design. I hope you find this interesting too.
Description: This intimate still life pairs the cool, quiet presence of a blue-violet pitcher with the vivid warmth of freshly cut lemons. Soft light moves across the rounded body of the vessel, shifting through subtle notes of blue, lavender, and gray, while small highlights along the rim give the pitcher a convincing sense of glazed surface and form. The brilliant yellow lemon wedges provide a lively counterpoint, their saturated color drawing the eye forward before the deep violet shadow carries it back through the composition.
The painting retains something of its making as well. Faint rebatement lines remain visible beneath the thinly painted background, a subtle reminder of the compositional decisions used to establish the placement and proportions of the still life. Rather than distracting from the finished work, these traces lend it the character of a painter’s study—allowing a glimpse of the underlying structure while the loose, economical brushwork keeps the overall effect fresh and immediate.
The restrained palette and simple arrangement make this as much a study of color temperature, value, and light as it is a portrait of an everyday object.
This comes unframed, but I'm happy to help with framing. It should also fit into a standard frame.
Shipping is included within the United States
Materials used:
linen, archival professional oil paints
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 20.32 x 20.32 x 0.25cm (unframed) / 20.32 x 20.32cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Unspecified
- Subject: Still life
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Original artwork description
I brought this pitcher home from Cape Cod where I found it in a resale shop. It reminds me of the Cape and lemonade.
One of the design ideas was to allow the design placement lines show through a bit in the background. These lines are called Rebatement Lines. You can see how the lip of the pitcher lines up on both diagonals. I love to analyze paintings for their underlying design. I hope you find this interesting too.
Description: This intimate still life pairs the cool, quiet presence of a blue-violet pitcher with the vivid warmth of freshly cut lemons. Soft light moves across the rounded body of the vessel, shifting through subtle notes of blue, lavender, and gray, while small highlights along the rim give the pitcher a convincing sense of glazed surface and form. The brilliant yellow lemon wedges provide a lively counterpoint, their saturated color drawing the eye forward before the deep violet shadow carries it back through the composition.
The painting retains something of its making as well. Faint rebatement lines remain visible beneath the thinly painted background, a subtle reminder of the compositional decisions used to establish the placement and proportions of the still life. Rather than distracting from the finished work, these traces lend it the character of a painter’s study—allowing a glimpse of the underlying structure while the loose, economical brushwork keeps the overall effect fresh and immediate.
The restrained palette and simple arrangement make this as much a study of color temperature, value, and light as it is a portrait of an everyday object.
This comes unframed, but I'm happy to help with framing. It should also fit into a standard frame.
Shipping is included within the United States
Materials used:
linen, archival professional oil paints
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 20.32 x 20.32 x 0.25cm (unframed) / 20.32 x 20.32cm (actual image size)
- Signed on the front
- Style: Unspecified
- Subject: Still life
