Small format

Small format Still life with a plant and a porcelain figurine that I’ve made recently is particularly dear to me.

It might quite well be a sort of a prejudice, but thinking about the next painting on a bigger canvas for me things are clear in advance. I usually do make some sketches, I know what I am going to paint, I have certain level of respect towards a bigger canvas, so to say.

And then on other hand, process of painting a small canvas is usually quite the opposite one. Like sometimes just in the middle of the work in my studio I might notice an interesting colorful detail, a small scene, a little accent. In a hurry, just to not let it go with the fading light of the day, I would take a small format canvas to capture the scene immediately. Like this one, working on the other still life (see the previous post to notice the same table cloth ) I noticed the beauty of a small plant on my window. I was attracted by the purples and reds of the plant in a small terracotta container. I’ve put the porcelain figurine near the plant, and it was there, just all the colors I wanted to have. The additional task has been to catch the velvet like texture of the leaves contrasting all the strong accents. So this small format has turned to a small caption of a moment from the studio and a sort of a visual diary. Just as I like it!