Pitcher, Pear and Grapes

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Comment by Tom Semmes on February 28, 2012 at 3:14

Thanks Richard for your critique. I am glad you told me about Sergei Bongart. I had never heard of him before. His work is very inspiring.

Comment by Richard Robinson on February 27, 2012 at 9:04

Love this Tom - beautiful high key colour, GREAT brushwork, design is interesting and I l don't know if this was your goal but you've managed to flatten the picture plane a little by lightening the background and it's making me more aware of the abstract nature of the coloured shapes which I find quite beautiful and intriguing to look at. The only let down for me is the drawing of the jug which seems a little wonky and the way the jug is kissing the pear it's lost some solidity there - I would have made the pear more clearly in front or behind the jug with overlapping. Great work!! Reminds me a bit of Sergei Bongart's style.

Comment by Dee Berridge on February 27, 2012 at 3:45

Forgot to say how much I like the high key of this painting.

Comment by Stuart J. Gourlay on February 24, 2012 at 16:26

Tom, very interesting composition and nice color harmony with a lot of movement; almost like the jug just tipped over.  Good thing it was empty!  As Saghi said, your expressive brush work really puts life into this painting.  Stu

Comment by Ningning Li on February 24, 2012 at 13:29

I like it very much. Your value jugement is very accurate.  It is not easy to have a good observation. You did it so well.

Comment by Tom Semmes on February 23, 2012 at 6:29

Not having the objects 'kissing' would have made it a lot easier. I really struggled to make that pear look like it was behind the vase. It kept popping up front and floating in space. Thanks for the comments everyone!

Comment by Dee Berridge on February 23, 2012 at 6:16

Good job Tom, yummy paint texture...and I'd echo exactly what Sharon said.

Comment by Sharon Casavant on February 23, 2012 at 3:14

Very nice job, Tom!  I love the sheen on the pitcher.  I like how the cloth leads the eye in, the bright yellow left corner and the ragged cloth on the right.  A darker background would look good, too, but you wanted a daytime look, that's good too.  The only thing that that I would change is to overlap some objects - not to have the pear/vase kissing. (edges touching)

Comment by Karen Sheppard on February 22, 2012 at 16:32

i like your jug especially its shape and shadow

Comment by Dorian Aronson on February 20, 2012 at 17:23

Oh how very pretty........smiles to you........dor:))

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