I've decided to investigate a more realistic style of still life painting and have been looking at the Dutch still life masters.


Pieter Claesz

James Aponovich was also inspired by the Dutch masters and I was able to find a video of him working. I thought that he set up his still lives but apparently he works from earlier studies and makes up a great deal as the work progresses. I find this mind boggling; to meld the closely observed style of Dutch still life paintings with the imaginative process of creating objects and settings that do not really exist.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD5lxBrcpL0