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Slopsink (2025) Original Oil Painting by Shelton Walsmith
76.2 x 76.2 x 1.78cm (unframed) / 76.2 x 76.2cm (actual image size)
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Original artwork description
30 inch square oil painting. i concentrate part of my production on still life painting. Setting up objects from around my home, photographing them in dramatic lighting with an eye on the theatricality these conditions generate.
The inanimate objects become more animated figures/characters when cast in this light. Thinking along these lines the deep basin of the slop sink has the receding character of a stage host to the daily ritual of washing up. The painting features paintbrushes, scrub brushes a nail brush, a bar of pink soap, various tubs, cups, faucets, handles and a gush of warm water but my intent is to honor the space itself; filthy, paint splattered, stained by years of utility. Every time i stand at it toiling over oily brushes I am grateful and reminded inspiration can be found anywhere if we are receptive to the potential awe found in everyday life.
"Success is relative: It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things" -T. S. Eliot
Materials used:
oil on canvas
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 76.2 x 76.2 x 1.78cm (unframed) / 76.2 x 76.2cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the back
- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: Still life
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Original artwork description
30 inch square oil painting. i concentrate part of my production on still life painting. Setting up objects from around my home, photographing them in dramatic lighting with an eye on the theatricality these conditions generate.
The inanimate objects become more animated figures/characters when cast in this light. Thinking along these lines the deep basin of the slop sink has the receding character of a stage host to the daily ritual of washing up. The painting features paintbrushes, scrub brushes a nail brush, a bar of pink soap, various tubs, cups, faucets, handles and a gush of warm water but my intent is to honor the space itself; filthy, paint splattered, stained by years of utility. Every time i stand at it toiling over oily brushes I am grateful and reminded inspiration can be found anywhere if we are receptive to the potential awe found in everyday life.
"Success is relative: It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things" -T. S. Eliot
Materials used:
oil on canvas
Details:
- Oil painting on Canvas
- One of a kind artwork
- Size: 76.2 x 76.2 x 1.78cm (unframed) / 76.2 x 76.2cm (actual image size)
- Ready to hang
- Signed on the back
- Style: Impressionistic
- Subject: Still life
