Past Their Best Painting

'Past Their Best' is created using heavy impasto oils and glazes. Although a traditional technique, the handling of the medium is impressionistic in approach. The inspiration for painting flowers that are past their best came from a feeling that, perhaps all material, mineral, and biological things must, at some stage or another be 'past their best' but at the same time retain a beauty, even if a shadow of its former self, that takes on a new value in the eye of the beholder. I hope the work will ask the viewer to question values around newness, perfection, and the standards by which things are judged, and perhaps perceive a beauty, individuality, and value of everything on its own merits, whatever its 'state', be that 'best' or 'past their best'. The style I chose to paint these flowers in was chosen to reflect my own mood of reflection concerning judgements.Upon whether or not things are at their best, or perhaps, past their best, and, as a consequence are ignored or overlooked. We might, perhaps ask the same question of ourselves at certain stages in our lives. With a slightly Flemish influence the handling of the light conveyes a slightly solemn and reflective atmosphere to the viewer.

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:10 W x 14 H x 1 D in

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