Espresso Pot – Still Life Daily Painting – Karen Winters
Java Jolt
5 x 7 inches oil on canvas panel
There was a time when I could drink espresso any time, day or evening after dinner and fall asleep like a baby. Well, a sleepy baby, not a cranky crying baby. My espresso drinking days may be over unless I can find a decaf drip. I would imagine Starbucks has something of that sort, too. Christmas Blend ground for expresso sounds pretty darn good, in fact. With steamed skim milk and a dash of hazelnut flavored syrup. Yum.
Anyway, this is our old espresso pot which has seen better days, but has been well loved and used. It hung by the handle off of a pot rack and hit the floor once, but it kept working just fine although a bit misshapen. This little painting started out as a study to see how i could render the different facets of the aluminum vessel using an Anders Zorn palette of white, black, yellow ochre and cadmium red.
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Rainbow
November 23, 2009
Really beautiful.
Alissa
November 23, 2009
Lovely Karen – it has that wonderful burnished aluminium look to it and looks well loved and used. The reflections are so subtle but work so well
shelly
November 23, 2009
This is wonderful!
lynn
November 23, 2009
This is wonderful. I really like the way you worked the limited palette.
Martine
November 23, 2009
Beautiful painting. You’ve given your old coffee pot a new life!
Shirley
November 23, 2009
LOVE it!!! what a beautiful rendering of the surfaces.
Timaree (freebird)
November 23, 2009
Hi Karen. This is a lovely soft painting of your old pot. It inspired me to post a photo on Facebook of my pot which I’ve never used. I took the pic for a lesson in a photography class (online class of course). Now if I could only learn to paint!
Jan
November 23, 2009
This is really outstanding, Karen! The yellow ochre and cadmium red accents are perfect!
Margaret
November 23, 2009
I think this is wonderful – you have captured the pot beautifully.
annie
November 23, 2009
Good ole Pot Full of Memories. As Alissa and the rest have said, it has been handled and loved into a burnished patina.
I am fascinated by limited palettes and will now have to try this one.
annie
Judy
November 23, 2009
very beautifully painted Karen! love this palette : )
Rachel
November 23, 2009
I can tell it is well loved
Great picture Karen!
Jo Castillo
November 23, 2009
Great job with the colors and light. I ordered a no fat, decaf, latte in Española, New Mexico, a few years ago and the clerk said, “Oh, you want an AWT.” “What?” I asked. Clerk, “A Waste of Time!” Sigh……
Susan Hosken
November 23, 2009
Karen, Your coffee pot is beautifully done. it is lovely to see the challenge done in oils.
lots of love from susan in australia
Possum Patty
November 23, 2009
Outstanding! Success with the limited palette. Congrats.
Alex Tan
November 23, 2009
Simply love the way you apply colors onto everything. You never fail to amaze your crowd Karen.
Sandy
November 24, 2009
Fantastic, Perfect!! You do not paint many “items” but obviously you capture them with great beauty!
Dan Kent
November 24, 2009
This is absolutely stunning! I painted the same pot, and know about the challenges involved. It’s in my post at http://danscanvas.blogspot.com/2009/10/coffee-miami-style.html if you are interested. Watercolor, and a very different approach. In oil it is stunning!
Melissa S.
November 24, 2009
This is quite simply, outstanding. Beautiful work.
Lesley
November 25, 2009
This is a lovely study, I really admire the way you have captured the shine of the metal! I am thinking of painting my take on this EDM tomorrow if I get time, I’m a Yorkshire girl in England so it has to be a pot of tea!!
Marian Fortunati
November 25, 2009
Amazing how time changes us in small (and large) ways isn’t it??
Looking forward to seeing you soon.
hfm
November 26, 2009
Great work!