James Hartman

Still Life with Citrus, Oil Painting

2020

Artist Comments
Continuing with his recent theme of still lifes composed of meaningful objects he's collected over time, artist James Hartman approached this composition with a fresh palette. He played up the bright summer light in the scene with the lavender shadows underlining the artful arrangement. "I liked working with a combination of brushes and palette knives on this painting," James says.

About the Artist
When James Hartman was in art school, he became fascinated with the Society of Six, a group of artists who painted en plein air (outdoors) and exhibited together in the San Francisco Bay Area during the early 20th Century. James's paintings of the Northern California landscape pay tribute to some of the great Bay Area artists of the past. His expressive scenes feel alive through his vibrant use of color and his painterly brushwork. James’s paintings have an immediate visual impact from a distance, yet up close, dissolve into a series of confident marks and strokes. There is a simultaneous complexity and steadiness in his flattened, color-blocked planes. Knowledge and observation are essential elements of James’s working practice. To this end, he spends a large proportion of his time painting on location. His body of work captures the fresh and sunlit essence of the coastal California hills.

Words that describe this painting: still life, California, table, modern, flowers, vase, bouquet, book, citrus, oranges, lemons, coffee , impressionism, still life, representational, oil painting, yellow

Still Life with Citrus
James Hartman
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Finished black edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2020
22.5 in. h x 22.5 in. w x 1.5 in. d
3 lbs. 5 oz.