Paintings · series · 1 work

Still life

A still life of yellow daisies with black centres and small pink flowers in a squat green-grey glazed vase, set against draped green and rose fabric, in an ornate gilt frame
Black-Eyed Susans in a Green Jar

Flowers, glass, cloth: the studio's own table, painted for the pleasure of it. Sunflowers and roses recur, set against warm ochres and quiet greens.

The still lifes are where Anahita rests and looks. Sunflowers, roses and garden cuttings come indoors and stand for a session on a shaded ground, painted with quick brush marks so the colour reads at once. The frames, when there are frames, are chosen to hold the flowers rather than compete with them.

Most are oil on canvas. Some are painted alongside the students in her weekly classes at home.

See the wall at true relative scale

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