Still Lifes from 2019

My previous blog posts have shown still lifes I've painted since late 2016 through 2018. For most of 2019 I was focusing on landscape paintings. During the spring and summer I went plein air painting a number of times. Back in the studio I was focusing on 5 larger studio paintings. Though I did paint one still life in July with a student of mine, in early September I started still lifes again.

First I began with several cupcake paintings. These were painted alla prima within an hour. If time permits I prefer to paint my still lifes alla prima. For larger works that may take days or weeks to complete, I try to paint each individual object in one go if time permits.

My 19 year nephew Dylan who lives in San Antonio, TX is becoming something of an art collector, or at least patron of my work. Every Summer since he was 12 he would visit me in Seattle and he often saw me working on paintings during his visit. Last summer I painted an alla prima cupcake and after I posted it on Instagram he immediately bought it. He was interested in my mint chocolate chip cupcake but it was bought by another collector. He currently has his eyes on another recent still life I just completed.

Funfetti Cupcake, 2019, Oil on Panel, 7 x 5, Private Collection

Mint Chocolate Chip Cupcake, 2019, Oil on Panel, 5 x 7, Private Collection

Red Velvet Cupcake, 2019, Oil on Panel, 5 x 7, Private Collection

Cupcake with Cherry, 2019, Oil on Panel, 6 x 6, Private Collection

Lighting whelk Shell with Pigments, 2019, Oil on Panel, 8 x 10, Available through https://www.goetzeartanddesign.com/

In 2019 I also acquired some new still life props! These were taxidermy squirrels, a rabbit, and mice. I will post the mice still lifes next time.

Red Squirrel with walnuts and Roemer Glass, 2019, Oil on Panel, 12 x 16, Available through https://www.goetzeartanddesign.com/