Description
Wine Glasses – four turns of red
Painting on canvas parades four glasses in an even row and catches a different moment of the swirl in each of them: wall art built out of one gesture photographed four times.
Technique and texture
The glass is painted with a narrow brush in sharp white and grey reflections that give it its transparency. The wine went on in fast sweeps, so the red passes into orange and a white foam in places. The ground is smooth and dark with no visible stroke, which is what lets the objects stand out in front of it.
The motif
Each glass shows a different phase of the same movement, from the first splash to a settled turn. The bases line up straight while the bowls are filled to different levels, which takes the stiffness out of the row. Wine is still arriving from above the frame, caught mid-fall. Light comes from behind and shines through the wine, and the ground thickens toward the middle into a warm amber.
Setting and placement
A dark ground with a warm middle does its best work where people eat and drink. Over a dining table, or beside a wine cabinet, the subject and the room agree with each other.
- Technique: hand-painted painting on canvas, narrow-brush glass reflections, fast wine sweeps, smooth stroke-free dark ground
- Palette: deep red, orange, white, amber, dark brown
- Ideal for: dining rooms, kitchens, wine corners
- Character: warm, kinetic, serial
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