Charlotte Andry Gibbs

"Sliced Pear, Grapes, and Glass of Water" Still-Life American Contemporary Folk

Charlotte Gibbs recently had the distinct honor of being awarded First Prize in The Roddy Compeition held at the Concord Center for Visual Arts in Concord, MA where she was singled ...

"Winter Fruit" Oil on Linen, 18 x 24 Inches Charlotte Gibbs recently had the distinct honor of being awarded First Prize in The Roddy Compeition held at the Concord Center for ...

;Monet's Apples Oil on Linen, 14 x 24 Inches Charlotte Gibbs recently had the distinct honor of being awarded First Prize in The Roddy Compeition held at the Concord Center fo...

""Mug and Grape Stencil Cut" Oil on Linen 12 x 26 Inches Charlotte Gibbs recently had the distinct honor of being awarded First Prize in The Roddy Compeition held at the Conco...

My paintings begin with a serious sense of play, both in the staging and the creating of the compositions. It is at this beginning stage that I operate under the Dadaist dictate that “anything can be art”, and at the same time I seek out a balanced and harmonious composition by way of line, shape, and color. I work according to my whimsy, sometimes seeking to assert some form of narrative however personal or ambiguous, and other times I am simply satisfied with the hint of a human presence. Once I have my compositions the paintings then very quickly become about work, a very labor intensive work that forces me to focus my mind and slow things down (which I feel is relevant especially in this day and age of high-speed everything). A great amount of effort is spent on trying to get to the highest level of finish that is possible according to my current skill level. For inspiration I have drawn from the past four centuries of object specific paintings, from the ontbijtjes (laid tables) of the 17th Century Dutch masters such as Willem Kalf, Jan Davidsz de Heem, Abraham van Beijeren...

Contemporary still life painting of a Pear by Olga Antonova. Olga Antonova (b. 1956, Volgograd, Russia) completed her classical art training a...

GRAPES & PEARS Size: 28.5 x 34 cm (including frame) Tempera on board A brilliantly executed and charming surrealist still life composition, executed in tempera on board and dated 19...

This fine study is a hyper-realist take on a traditional still life, depicting fruit, flowers and wine. The artist has used exquisite detail from the flesh of the fruit to the delica...