Some textures only show up when you come close enough. Velvet and Glass is a studio still life of a single plum pressed against a wine glass, close enough that the soft bloom on its skin catches the light and the curve of the glass becomes a landscape of its own.
The eye lands on the plum first, because it fills the right of the frame and its skin runs from a cool rose on the left to a deep red on the right. The curve of the glass then sweeps it back to the upper left, where bands of warm orange light run around the inside of the glass like the rings of a tree. A little cool blue-gray darkness at the lower left keeps the warmth from taking over. The plum is cut off at the right and the bottom, which holds the picture tight.
The warm, saturated color held against a cool dark is Ernst Haas territory. The close, exact attention to the surface of a small, plain object owes something to Edward Weston, who photographed a pepper with the seriousness of a landscape.
Design & Styling
Rose, red and copper-orange suit kitchens, wine rooms, restaurants, dining rooms and warm modern interiors. The 3:2 format fits a wall over a table, buffet or kitchen island, or a smaller space as a single accent. The cool dark corner works beside charcoal, walnut, aged brass and cream.
Curated Pairings
Three companions, each connected in a different way:
For the wide view: Pair with Three Plums, After Dark, three plums and a tipped wine glass doubled on black glass. This one is the close view and that one the full setting, from the same studio and the same glass.
For the same fruit: Pair with Carried by the Wind, three pieces of fruit on a dark reflective surface under warm, theatrical light. Both are staged in the dark, one with pollen and a stone face, the other with the bloom of the skin in focus.
For the same velvet red: Pair with The Moment Red Remembers, a saturated deep-red bloom emerging from shadow. Both let the nap of a red surface carry the picture.
Fine Art Presentation
Available as an open edition print, unsigned and unnumbered, in ChromaLuxe® Metal, TruLife acrylic, canvas, wood and archival paper (framed or unframed). ChromaLuxe® Metal is the recommendation: the warm orange bands and the red skin gain the most from metal's luminous color. Framed archival paper is the quieter alternative, and it gives the soft bloom on the skin a more tactile read.
Note: This is an open edition print, unsigned and unnumbered, available in the sizes and materials listed above.
Some textures only show up when you come close enough. Velvet and Glass is a studio still life of a single plum pressed against a wine glass, close enough that the soft bloom on its skin catches the light and the curve of the glass becomes a landscape of its own.
The eye lands on the plum first, because it fills the right of the frame and its skin runs from a cool rose on the left to a deep red on the right. The curve of the glass then sweeps it back to the upper left, where bands of warm orange light run around the inside of the glass like the rings of a tree. A little cool blue-gray darkness at the lower left keeps the warmth from taking over. The plum is cut off at the right and the bottom, which holds the picture tight.
The warm, saturated color held against a cool dark is Ernst Haas territory. The close, exact attention to the surface of a small, plain object owes something to Edward Weston, who photographed a pepper with the seriousness of a landscape.
Design & Styling
Rose, red and copper-orange suit kitchens, wine rooms, restaurants, dining rooms and warm modern interiors. The 3:2 format fits a wall over a table, buffet or kitchen island, or a smaller space as a single accent. The cool dark corner works beside charcoal, walnut, aged brass and cream.
Curated Pairings
Three companions, each connected in a different way:
For the wide view: Pair with Three Plums, After Dark, three plums and a tipped wine glass doubled on black glass. This one is the close view and that one the full setting, from the same studio and the same glass.
For the same fruit: Pair with Carried by the Wind, three pieces of fruit on a dark reflective surface under warm, theatrical light. Both are staged in the dark, one with pollen and a stone face, the other with the bloom of the skin in focus.
For the same velvet red: Pair with The Moment Red Remembers, a saturated deep-red bloom emerging from shadow. Both let the nap of a red surface carry the picture.
Fine Art Presentation
Available as an open edition print, unsigned and unnumbered, in ChromaLuxe® Metal, TruLife acrylic, canvas, wood and archival paper (framed or unframed). ChromaLuxe® Metal is the recommendation: the warm orange bands and the red skin gain the most from metal's luminous color. Framed archival paper is the quieter alternative, and it gives the soft bloom on the skin a more tactile read.
Note: This is an open edition print, unsigned and unnumbered, available in the sizes and materials listed above.
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