Three Things: The Still Life Edition
Happy Monday! This morning I’m staring at inanimate objects. Mostly because I’m feeling brain dead, but let’s go with it! Imagine that these objects are sitting in an empty room, moments before your character walks in. Then what?
William Brooker, Still Life in a Harsh Light, 1975. Oil on canvas. York Art Gallery, York, United Kingdom.
Taca Zhijie Sui, Untitled from the Odes… series. Photograph. www.tacasui.com
Pablo Picasso, Still Life with Glass Under the Lamp, 1962. Linoleum cut. Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
Three Things: The Horse Edition, II
Let’s start off our week with some horse studies. Giddyup!
Edgar Degas, At the Races, 1877-1880. Oil on canvas. Musée d’Orsay, Paris, France.
Taca Zhijie Sui, Untitled, from Odes of Wei series. Photograph. www.tacasui.com
Jean-Baptiste Courtier, Untitled, 2011. Photograph. www.jeanbaptistecourtier.com
This week I’m in an open field. Well, alright, not actually in a field, but that’s where my brain is this week. A big, wide, open field of… what, exactly? Possibilities? Uniformity? Mysteries? Monotony? That’s for you to decide.
Taca Zhijie Sui, Untitled, from Odes of Zhou series. Photograph. www.tacasui.com
John Singer Sargent, Thistles, 1883-1884. Oil on canvas. Private collection.
Chris Faust, Oat Field, Kandiyohi City, MN, 1994. Photograph. www.chrisfaustphoto.com
I spent the past week on a lake, listening to the loons call to each other through the night. This week, I believe it’s time for another ode to our feathered friends.
Taca Zhijie Sui, Lake of Tears from Odes of Ya series. Photograph. www.tacasui.com
Albrecht Dürer, Wing of a Blue Roller, 1512. Gouache and watercolor on vellum. Albertina, Vienna, Austria.
Robert and Shana ParkeHarrison, Flying Lesson, from Earth Elegies of Architect’s Brother, 2010. Photograph. www.parkeharrison.com
