Sarah Lamb

Figs, Oil on Linen, 5 x 15 inches, 2007

Roses, Oil on Canvas on Board, 17 x 18 inches, 2008

Self Portrait with Peonies, Oil on Linen, 27 x 28 inches, 2007

Stock, Oil on Linen, 25 x 26 inches, 2007

Student of Jacob Collins
Though I like her work a lot, she doesn't quite capture the lightness of the rose petals
as well as Collins does.

Jan van Os

Wedding Havan

GB Photo, Ganesha Puja, Sydney 2007

Cherry Blossom

Anna Airy (English)

The Little Mirror

Daniel Ridgway Knight

A Pensive Moment 23 x 30 inches

Eugene Cauchois

Peonies and Cerisiers

Leon Herbo

La Charmeuse, 31 x 36 inches

Belgian

Geraldine Girvan

Cornflowers

Orange Lilies

A feature of some contemporary still life is the idea of background becoming of equal importance to the subject. Perhaps this can be read as a reflection of a new way of seeing the Self as a continuum. Bright colours are used for the backgrounds, rather than the traditional shadowy neutrals.

Vases

Glass Huqqa Bowl