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Still Life

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An orange damask fabric I have used in still lives for over 30 years. I've found nothing that provides a better foil to the colour and clear simple forms of apples.

I was invited to the chateau of Lachassagne in the Beaujolais wine growing region of France to paint the wine harvest in the autumn. But there was frequent rain and dull light so I retreated indoors and using everyday things I found in the kitchen p

Fruit is such a common component of still lives, the first is said to have been a painting by Carravagio of a basket of fruit and fruit of all kinds has featured in still life ever since but why? It ticks all the boxes for me, clear forms, intense c

Light shining through the flesh of limes, reflected from the surface of brass, glistening in liquid honey, on almonds and lychees and Central Asian Ikat fabric.

A deceptively simple composition of limes on a spotted paper bag. I had to work quickly as the hot lights were pulled in very close to create glistening textures on the surface of the fruit which soon distorted under the heat.

This finely pleated orange fabric is a burqa, its colour and complex pleating adds further intensity to the visual mix of orange fruits and straw

The embroidered fabric here is the bodice of a wedding gown from Afghanistan.

This fabric has been in my collection for 25 years now and the colours have faded since I painted the picture but are still beautiful. The cutout shapes of the patchwork complement the leaves and flowers of the cyclamen which are distinctive shapes

I was loaned this wonderful fabric to make a painting and couldn't believe my luck when I found the primula. The bands of colour in the flowers exactly mirror the pattern in the fabric in the way they follow the outline of the edges of the petals.

I painted this silver samovar on a trip to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia when in just two weeks I painted fourteen still lives of indigenous artefacts. I was surprised but considered it a compliment, when I got back to England, to be asked what kind o

Silver bracelet on a richly embroidered cushion

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