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Sharing the lessons I teach at the Artist Guild and the personal discoveries in my art.

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Purple Cabbage Study



Purple Cabbage Study

6x6in  oil on canvas board  $100. SOLD

Remember the fellow member of the guild  who brought me
the yellow cauliflower? This time she came with a cabbage.
An unusual one. Deep purple center and green outer leaves.
Her farmers market is obviously super special.

Artist note.

When my husband saw this he asked what it was! Oh boy!
I thought I had better show the photo.

I pushed some bits of color into this purely for the pleasure
of livening up that green. I used a knife and enjoyed the
push and pull of the paint.

Here is the cabbage. Seeing is believing!









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30 comments:

  1. Absolutely gorgeous, Ι love this painting !!!
    Have a very nice day !!!

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  2. Beautiful purples and greens! I've seen these at the market and I love the rich purple color, you have interpreted it to perfection!

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  3. I love the earthy colors in this one. It is really stunning.

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  4. Wanting cole slaw... I love greens and purples together. Throw in blues and you have my favorite palette! Absolutely beautiful painting, Julie. I'm always amazed when I see a beautiful food painting. You sure know how to paint them right!

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  5. Fabulous! I love how you played in the paint and just had fun with it. It shows...masterful use of other colors that sing...what a fun painting!

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  6. Gorgeous painting Julie, full of great texture and deep rich color, I knew what it was immediately!

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  7. I love the way you take everyday items, unusual or not, see the beauty in them and then paint them as portraits. This cabbage will win a beauty contest for sure.

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  8. Wonderfully intriguing color! I knew what it was immediately. I love how you beat it up and made it so much more interesting. Clever gal.

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  9. The cabbages have drama! These varieties give satisfaction before to the eye ... and then to the taste buds!
    Your cabbage is wonderful! I'm feel them as seeing and touching!

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  10. Your husband must not eat cabbage. I knew what it was right away and it's lovely. Such a pretty purple!

    I emailed you in response to your comment...if you didn't get it, you might want to check your spam box.



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  11. I'm in the I love purple and green camp. And what a great job painting a cabbage! Not an easy one to do. Your dark pattern just dances around the painting....and the colors "play".Nice........

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  12. Julie - I knew right away what it was...lovely colors and it makes me want to go out and pick cabbage from the garden and do a painting too. Thanks for taking an ordinary subject and making it so beautiful and inspiring.

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  13. I'm also a farmer's marketer so I'm real familiar with purple cabbage, but they don't usually have green leaves too. This is way beautiful. Love purple and green together.

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  14. Another great one, Julie! Love the blade blends (another made up term by yours truly)!
    The bits of surprise blues and reds really excite this painting!!!!!

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  15. "...of Cabbages and Kings!" It looks like you have spent as much time around gardening as I have. Great result a cabbage with attitude, brilliant! Love it!

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  16. If you didn't show us the picture I wouldn't have believed how purple this cabbage was...and a beautiful shade!! Love this piece and perfect splashes of blues reds and greens...!!!!

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  17. I really admire how you portrayed this, when I look at the photo, I see a hint of those lovely colors you splashed around, but you really brought this subject to life and gave it personality the way you did that!

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  18. You have made an ordinary cabbage look absolutely wonderful!!! Beautiful Julie!

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  19. I love it Julie! Purple and green....one of my favorite combinations. Nice knife work too.

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  20. Your painting is only about a billion times more beautiful than the real vegetable! You have found its spirit!

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  21. Gorgeous violets and shapes! Hard to work this round shape into a fascinating square, but of course your did it wonderfully!

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  22. I love those extra pops of color in the greens. Beautiful painting. I was at the farmers market the other day and one of the vendors had a cheddar cheese cauliflower...orange just like the cheese!

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  23. Who knew that a cabbage could outshine a flower, at least when it comes to colour and texture. A wonderful, spontaneous painting.

    Thanks for your visit to my blog. I often use strange words like crikey - it comes from being English and old! *wink*

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  24. Wonderful! :D Love how masterfully you've made it at once abstract and yet as recognizable as the photo. Love also the reflected sky and the "ribs" of the leaves.

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  25. Love the colors and highlights Julie - very pretty, huh who knew a cabbage could be so pretty.

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  26. Love the cabbage. Love to see the photo too..Beautiful

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  27. Gorgeous mix of purple and green--love how you did this.

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  28. Hi Julie,
    Thanks for the encouraging comments on my bunny! Your work is so gorgeous and we have impressionism in common, however you surpass me in every way!
    Reveille

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  29. An absolutely majestic performance. Superb!

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Cheers,
Julie