Feng Biddle

Pink Vase on Green Cloth, Oil Painting

2018

Artist Comments
Artist Feng Biddle says one of her favorite activities is gathering summer flowers from her garden. After cutting a colorful bouquet, she created this arrangement in a pink vase accompanied by stone fruit. She tied the whole scene together with the addition of the bright red tablecloth. "Still life and object arrangement allows me to freely play with composition and colors," explains Feng.

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, flowers, bouquet, cherries, table, vase, interior, still life, flora, representational, modern , oil painting, grey

Pink Vase on Green Cloth
Feng Biddle
Oil painting on stretched canvas
Painting wraps around edges
Ready to hang
One-of-a-kind
Signed on front and back
2018
30 in. h x 30 in. w x 1.5 in. d
6 lbs. 5 oz.