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I visited the Uffizi Gallery in Florence last year and, apart from the beautiful paintings of course, I was struck by how fabulously ornate the gilt frames often were. I wondered if they would work with my dramatic still life paintings - I was intrigued by how a simple, still, calm portrait of, say, a perfect pear would look when combined with an elaborate, flamboyant, golden frame. I experimented and I think it looks fabulous, so I'm going to produce a few more of these.

The paintings themselves are quite small, because the frames are quite large by comparison and I don't want the whole visual effect to become overpowering. These paintings in these frames are like exquisite jewels, and could have stepped right out of the Renaissance.

Materials used:

Acrylic paint, clear gloss varnish

Tags:
#still life #fruits #fruit #chiaroscuro #dramatic #pear #renaissance #gold frame 
Pear (2015)
Acrylic painting
by Kaz Jones

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I visited the Uffizi Gallery in Florence last year and, apart from the beautiful paintings of course, I was struck by how fabulously ornate the gilt frames often were. I wondered if they would work with my dramatic still life paintings - I was intrigued by how a simple, still, calm portrait of, say, a perfect pear would look when combined with an elaborate, flamboyant, golden frame. I experimented and I think it looks fabulous, so I'm going to produce a few more of these.

The paintings themselves are quite small, because the frames are quite large by comparison and I don't want the whole visual effect to become overpowering. These paintings in these frames are like exquisite jewels, and could have stepped right out of the Renaissance.

Materials used:

Acrylic paint, clear gloss varnish

Tags:
#still life #fruits #fruit #chiaroscuro #dramatic #pear #renaissance #gold frame 

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I have to paint, and I paint whatever catches my eye, be it a nude, a still life, flowers, a portrait, a seascape, cityscape or landscape. Painting helped to... Read more

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