Monday, January 5, 2009

Still Life #7

Oil on Canvas 16 x 18" $800

4 comments:

Matthew Fels said...

There is a Jesus aspect to this painting...

...the dying rose's stem is zig-zag shape in a subtle way, thus conoting the crown of thorns,(also the wire around the bottle. The rose can be Jesus' dead body...

... The book, of course, is the Bible or Scripture. The ribbon around the book also conotes Jesus burial like the White linen table cloth,...

... the empty bottle is mans need of God, and the pear is man's fruit of belief or the fruit of Jesus resurection...

...if anything I see the resurection of Christ in this painting.

Oh my Gosh...I know what it is!!!! It's Michael Angelo's Pieta!!!...but as a still life.

Matthew Fels said...

....sorry, I forgot to say, Freakin great painting...cant wait to see the oroginal.

Anonymous said...

Bo....
I really like these paintings.
You really do glass really well. Creative composition. Great work!

Anonymous said...

Chastity of a naturalist...love lost, temptation sits ready......grounded in documentation.

One of my favorites.