Maxine Dodd Art

Maxine Dodd Art

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Still life on kitchen table

I made these pictures in the kitchen, after arranging some of my Mum’s flowers in a vase on the kitchen table.

I liked the look of them against the white table top, so I decided to set up and draw them there.

The table top was soon cluttered with my water pots and paints, along with the fruit bowl which lives there anyway, which made a pattern in itself.

Still life on the kitchen table, with Mum’s flowers, my pots and paints and four little oranges

Then I tried another just concentrating on the flowers this time.

Still life with some of Mum’s flowers

The last one has the white space that I liked in the first place, but I think I prefer the clutter… I don’t know!

White space with Mum’s flowers

I took the photos while the pictures were still drying on their boards so they will look different when the tape is off… I may change my mind again!

The main thing I enjoyed, was to work spontaneously on a subject that stays perfectly still, which made a nice change from rushing around.

Seems that there is life in stillness…

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Maxine Dodd Art

I’m a mixed media visual artist working in Leicestershire in the UK. I trained in Fine Art using different media including oils and acrylics, but my recent work reflects my love of drawn media, especially pen, ink, watercolour and pastels. My theme is movement – My subjects are varied from landscape, animals, musicians, dancers and sport, especially cycling. The unifying feature of all these subjects is that they are constantly changing – there is movement and energy everywhere.

15 responses to “Still life on kitchen table”

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    CompassAndCamera

    Gorgeous, Maxine! All so lovely I can’t even pick a favorite.

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      Maxine Dodd – Art

      Oh thank you! That’s so kind! I do appreciate your comment. I was nervous about the change of subject, as it is so different from my usual. It gives me great encouragement to do some more. Keep well 🙂

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        CompassAndCamera

        Oh my gosh, you’re SO talented I can’t imagine that anyone would mind, even if you changed the subject every day. We just love seeing what you create! 🙂

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        Maxine Dodd – Art

        Wow! That’s a lovely thing to say… wonderful encouragement, thank you! 🙏

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