Still life isn’t just about bowls of fruit or dusty vases – it’s a powerful way to sharpen your observational skills, deepen ...

I was a young female. I wanted to paint young females. And I was being told that I was never going to have a career if I did that.” ...

MISSOULA — And so Dan Tabish goes shopping again for a home for the Bitterroot Mural. At 90 feet, it’s Montana’s longest oil painting, completed in 1955 by Great Falls artist Les Peters for ...

There are no distinct lines here; the vase floats above a surface and emerges from a diaphanous blue background. Not concerned with realism, the artist explained that, “I am painting archetypes of ...

The Kimbell Art Museum’s yearslong quest to own a still-life painting by Jean Siméon Chardin has come to an end. The Cut Melon, a rare oval-shaped piece from the 18th-century French artist, has ...

Clara Peeters, "Still Life with Cheeses, Artichoke, and Cherries" (c. 1625), oil on wood panel, held by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (image public domain via LACMA) Success! Your account ...

The Still Dreaming of You Art Show and Community Celebration was founded by Rob and Tammy Yancey in an effort to bring together the community and celebrate the artist’s lasting legacy.

Smith College alumna Nava Grunfeld recently opened a retrospective show of still lifes and figure paintings at the Smith Alumnae House Gallery. The exhibition, “Lit from Within,” will be on ...

The summer programme presents Sally Anne Fitter’s The Poetry of Everyday Moments from July 5 until September 6, where still life and landscape merge in richly textured, layered compositions. Drawing ...

With roots in the Middle Ages and Ancient Greco-Roman art, still life became a distinct genre in Western painting by the late 16th century and has remained influential ever since. In modern times, the ...

Passing time, and therefore death, is the still-life painter’s real subject.” Death, in fact, may be the real subject of all art. As the great Russian Orthodox Christian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky ...