Chuck Rosenthal is an oil painter. His beautiful still life paintings adorn homes and offices and galleries. Although he does not paint still life exclusively, he does paint them brilliantly, with contrasting colors, gently cascading sunlight playing on fruits, wine, baskets, bowls, glass and flowers.
In his painting "Daffodils and Grapes," Mr. Rosenthal exhibits a masterly use of painting of textures where the smooth texture of the grapes contrasts to the uneven texture of the linen tablecloth. The cool smoothness of the glass vase contrasts with the lively, crinkled daffodils. This use of textures makes Mr. Rosenthal's work outstanding.
Another interesting composition that shows such contrasts is "Fruit Harvest," where a well used basket is next to a cool metal goblet. The goblet alone is an astounding piece of work - the artist used a wide variety of hues from very dark to nearly white to express the metal piece. In the foreground are pears that have fallen out of the basket - one feels if one put his finger on them, they would feel like ripe pears, in contrast to the hard shiny apple in front of them.
A dark background and wine bottle in contrast to brightly colored fruit and tablecloth set the scene in "Fruit Harvest II." It is easy to imagine the rest of the room to match the heavy brocade tablecloth - brocade drapes and Persian carpets and antique furniture. It is another masterly painting.
In his painting "Teapot and Fruit," the artist leads us into perhaps a kitchen where apples, grapes and a rough hand made teapot rest on a work table. The dark blue of the background contrasts well with the light colored teapot and table, and the roughness of the teapot is in contrast to the smoothness of the fruits. Light barely comes through the dark background - perhaps a heavy cloth covers a window.
In "Roses from the Garden" we see a very darkly tinted glass bottle holding three differently colored roses. The background is very dark, almost black, yet the bottle still stands out away from the wall, because of the light falling on it - a very nice touch in this painting. The softly painted pears in front of the bottle lend depth to the painting.
Mr. Rosenthal exhibits a bright and lively style of painting in still life, in contrast to the motionless objects he is painting and the dark rooms where they sit. Certainly the artist has studied paintings of past centuries when still life paintings were so popular. But he brings to this kind of painting a modern touch, his own style.
In addition to all being still life paintings by the same artist, these paintings also have in common that they are on display at Park Place Gallery in Leawood, Kansas. View them at www.theparkplacegallery.com under artist Chuck Rosenthal.
In his painting "Daffodils and Grapes," Mr. Rosenthal exhibits a masterly use of painting of textures where the smooth texture of the grapes contrasts to the uneven texture of the linen tablecloth. The cool smoothness of the glass vase contrasts with the lively, crinkled daffodils. This use of textures makes Mr. Rosenthal's work outstanding.
Another interesting composition that shows such contrasts is "Fruit Harvest," where a well used basket is next to a cool metal goblet. The goblet alone is an astounding piece of work - the artist used a wide variety of hues from very dark to nearly white to express the metal piece. In the foreground are pears that have fallen out of the basket - one feels if one put his finger on them, they would feel like ripe pears, in contrast to the hard shiny apple in front of them.
A dark background and wine bottle in contrast to brightly colored fruit and tablecloth set the scene in "Fruit Harvest II." It is easy to imagine the rest of the room to match the heavy brocade tablecloth - brocade drapes and Persian carpets and antique furniture. It is another masterly painting.
In his painting "Teapot and Fruit," the artist leads us into perhaps a kitchen where apples, grapes and a rough hand made teapot rest on a work table. The dark blue of the background contrasts well with the light colored teapot and table, and the roughness of the teapot is in contrast to the smoothness of the fruits. Light barely comes through the dark background - perhaps a heavy cloth covers a window.
In "Roses from the Garden" we see a very darkly tinted glass bottle holding three differently colored roses. The background is very dark, almost black, yet the bottle still stands out away from the wall, because of the light falling on it - a very nice touch in this painting. The softly painted pears in front of the bottle lend depth to the painting.
Mr. Rosenthal exhibits a bright and lively style of painting in still life, in contrast to the motionless objects he is painting and the dark rooms where they sit. Certainly the artist has studied paintings of past centuries when still life paintings were so popular. But he brings to this kind of painting a modern touch, his own style.
In addition to all being still life paintings by the same artist, these paintings also have in common that they are on display at Park Place Gallery in Leawood, Kansas. View them at www.theparkplacegallery.com under artist Chuck Rosenthal.
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