Feng Biddle

Cyclamen and Glass Vase, Oil Painting

2017

Artist Comments
A modern still life featuring a black table against a red tile floor. Cyclamen in a planter, autumn fruit, a glass vase and a draped cloth. Artist Feng Biddle says drew inspiration from Matisse's "Red Room."

About the Artist
Feng Biddle didn’t have much exposure to art as a child growing up in China in the aftermath of the Cultural Revolution. It wasn’t until after she immigrated to the U.S. and stumbled upon an artist demonstrating how to use oil pastels that she realized her passion. Feng starts each piece by sketching on paper with charcoal, later transferring the outline to canvas like a stencil. When painting still lifes, she always outlines the vase first and lets the rest of the image develop organically around it. Feng works slowly and deliberately in her studio made of glass walls, reflecting on each piece until it guides her what to do next. When she’s not making art, Feng works as a data architect. “In a way, this is similar to what I do with my art, where I am creating structures for form and color. In another way, however, it is the opposite, as building data structures is almost entirely a logical, left brain activity, whereas my art work is an emotional, right brain effort. I guess you could say that these are the complementary yin and yang that make me whole.”

Words that describe this painting: still life, flora, plants, vase, cyclamen, table, flowers, still life, representational, modern , oil painting, red

Cyclamen and Glass Vase
Feng Biddle
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Painting wraps around edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2017
30 in. h x 30 in. w x 1.5 in. d
6 lbs. 5 oz.