Watermelons

Lucy Culliton

Frida Kahlo, Viva la Vida (her final painting)

Kahlo 

Giovanni Stanchi (watermelons looked different in the 17th century)

Kateryna Bilokur

Luiz Melendez

Duane Keiser

Company School, Source: Amir Mohtashemi

 

Dana Levin

Wonderful evocation of brass or bronze in the bells and bowl of these pieces by Dana Levin

Phlox

Aileen Dent, Phlox

Henri Fantin-Latour

Marie Egner

Albert Sherman

Carin Gerard

www.caringerard.com

Laura Jones

Laura Jones is an Australian artist based in Sydney.
Her paintings are about colour, but also about the paint itself - its texture and application.
She works quickly and intuitively, and there is a wonderful vigour and immediacy to the brushwork.

laurajones.com.au

Susan Jane Walp

Images used with kind permission of the artist.

See more of Susan's work, or enquire about learning from her, at her website: susan jane walp.com

Olga Antonova

Rachel Ruysch

Rachel Ruysch (1664 - 1750) was a Dutch flower painter. Her father was a botanist, and her meticulous works are known for their botanical accuracy.

She worked for many years as a court painter, and continued to paint into her eighties, producing over a hundred works that are known today.

This painting has the very dark background that was popular in still life paintings of the period, used as a foil for the bright colours of flowers and fruit, and the glint of crystal or brass. Later, after seeing the lighter backgrounds in the work of her contemporary, Jan van Huysum, she began to lighten her own, while keeping them neutral.

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Cherries

Carol Marine
George Henry Hall
Fede Galizia
Giovanna Garzoni 

John Francis

Phillip Krivenko

Botanical illustration

Robert Spear Dunning

Levi Wells Prentice

Henri Fantin-Latour

Camellias

Botanical illustration

Antoine Chazal

Jonathan Koch, White Camellia and Green Vase

Otto Ottesen

Violet McInnes, (Australian)

Mia Tarney