Still Life with Gourds and Cranberries
(24" x 36", oil on canvas)

I really struggled putting this piece together, adding objects only to take them away, moving things only to have them return to their original position. Often, I find my first impulse is the best. I love to lose myself in the painting process, rendering a fragile stem, the reflection on a little berry, the lip of a jug—but the danger can be to lose sight of the piece as a whole. The more I concentrate on composition at the beginning, the more likely I am to have a successful painting.

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