Domestic Abstraction : color pencil still life drawings
These are all “found” still lifes - random arrangements of my everyday household bits and pieces, that just happen to catch my eye.
Something about the way the light falls, or the accidental juxtaposition of colors
snapped me awake from my daily routine and sent me running for my camera, all alive and excited about washing up.
(any excuse not to actually do the chores)
Cascade
24" X 18"
color pencil drawing
Sunshine dances across the contents of my dishwasher, picking out details of the dishes and utensils within
Drip Dry
21" X 28"
color pencil drawing
Fresh from the dishwasher, royal blue and turquoise plastic lids and bright yellow lemon juicer, stacked on the dish drainer to dry
Accumulation
19" x 14"
color pencil drawing
Empty bowls, dirty spoons, glasses and a crusty lasagna dish, stacked and waiting for the dishwasher
Oblique
16" X 12"
color pencil drawing
With a Still Life I am usually drawn to the patterns of light and shade, rather than the objects themselves.
Illuminated III
25" x 28"
color pencil drawing
I just loved how the light and dark cascaded through these pictures
Is there room for a new genre?
Realistic Abstraction-
Domestic Abstraction
Cascade
24" X 18"
color pencil still life drawing
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above to show an enlargement.
For more color pencil art have a look at my Miniature Landscapes and the series Life of a Still Life