baguette

[cagathoc]

18by24 in o/c

[walden]

Wow-- GREAT sense of light! I really like this.

[ArtBabe]

Hi Cindy!

This is so interesting! The choice to use a painterly approach with the bread and other objects against the knife-textured table is exciting. That along with the plate seeming to slip off the table add to the tension in what might otherwise be a quiet composition if painted in a conventional, all-over sameness. Not to mention all that red! Wheee! Very dynamic, and it's just bread, for pete's sake. A testament to your painting powers. Can you tell I like it? lol.

Take care, all the best--

Barbara

[cagathoc]

thanks ladies! :)

[bottleman]

All the shapes in this work are oval in nature. Even the knife has a rounded tip. The one exception is the way you handled that container in the lower left corner. Although we see an oval opening, it seems to move around a set of clear angles, as if it were a geometric shape. Perhaps if it where rounded out a bit more, it would go better with the other objects.

[cagathoc]

bottleman,

thanks

This one didn't quite come together - your words help me understand why.

[Wayne Gaudon]

the composition and the power of the colors are super but when it comes to knives and red .. I'm gone .. too much like a butcher table for my eyes.

[Allan Jameson]

I like this one ...it is very robust and sustaining...intention or not ,it tells the story ....bread is a staple of life.

[nam26b]

I love the bread, but, art moron that I am, the perspective of teh cup and the color similarity between the table top and floor/background bother me a little. As usual, though, another very good "your style" painting.

Nathan