There are, generally speaking, two camps in the matter of still life pictures. The first employs the techniques of high realism to celebrate lush materialism and the pleasure of materials. Such painting are invitations to touch, as in the work of Mary Pratt or pronkstilleven of the Dutch Golden Age. The second group, on the other hand, is not concerned with the illusion of reality, but uses more painterly and modernist techniques to emphasize harmony and composition. Through their minimalism and open display of brushwork, such works often verge on abstraction. An example here is Giorgio Morandi.
This still life belongs firmly in the second camp. Tarragon used the Brushes app to create it on an iPad.
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