One of the exciting things about starting something new - like painting still-life - is to discover what abstract qualities you like painting. I adore shadows and reflections (and pattern and texture). In this painting, there are the reflections of light on the bottle and a coloured shadow cast by the bottle. There is also a faint cast shadow on the left hand side. Then the colour varies from one side of the horizon to the other. Sometimes I have to invent shadows and reflections. In my tulip … [Read more...]