'Lemon Zest'

20 inches x 24 inches
oil on canvas
​unframed

$4300

If you spend time with Lemon Zest, you will find a peaceful balance of warm and cool tones. The cool stillness of the blue and white china pieces is superseded by the burst of lively warm from the bowl and fruit. The bowl spills forward  in an outpouring of lemons which are tempting and lively but also fleeting in comparison to the still, dry foliage and the timeless china pieces. The viewer may also note the hints at the antique nature of the soft linens under the arrangement -- another 'old' in contrast to the 'new' of the fresh fruit. 

I don't often have the occasion to paint such vivid yellows into my still life paintings. They add zest here, popping off of the canvas, and they will remind you to harmonize the historic with the new, punctuating peaceful stillness with moments of zest in your own life!