Jo Barrett

Still Life with Wood Ash Glazed Bottle and Red Ranunculus - From the Fern Verrow

2021

This painting, titled "DAISY (GERBERA) STUDY II," is simple yet expressive. The focal point is a yellow daisy, slanted in a glass that is only depicted by its rim, adding a modern and abstract aesthetic. The background is split into light and dark green, with the yellow daisy positioned against the darker shade, enhancing its brightness and drawing attention. The composition not only highlights the vivacity and liveliness of the yellow daisy but also intensifies the visual impact through the contrast in background colours. The juxtaposition of yellow against dark green brings a natural and harmonious beauty to the scene, reflecting the artist's unique insight into colour usage. Overall, this artwork displays the unique charm and vitality of the daisy through clean lines and vivid colours, offering viewers an experience of art that is both simple and exquisitely elegant. Jeannie Kinsler...

The focal point of this oil painting is a fig, depicted with a mastery of light and colour that highlights the fruit's plumpness. The purple fig is placed on a striped tablecloth with hues of grey-blue, yellow-green, and grey-white. To create a more harmonious composition with the purple fig, the artist has added touches of orange-pink to the tablecloth. These strokes bring a vibrant and cohesive balance to the overall colour scheme, making the painting both lively and harmonious. Jeannie Kinsler...

This painting features a creamy white enamel jug and white hybrid cherries, accented with yellow-green leaves. The perspective is a top-down view, with the background in shades of blue-grey and dark grey. This creates a striking contrast and harmony between the light-coloured enamel jug and the white hybrid cherries against the darker and cooler tones of the background. Jeannie Kinsler...

"Chateau at Vauvenargues, Provence" portrays the castle of Vauvenargues in the Provence region of France. The painting depicts the magnificent appearance of the castle and its integr...

Dmitry Yuzefovich’s work is a representation of memory—the recollection of moments in the past. In this oil painting, a motor scooter is parked on a ...

Tony lived with his grandmother when he was a child. He has seen many Peranakan tableware at her house. Although the artist is not the descendent of Peranakan, he is deeply influenced by multicultural environment in his growth background. Peranakan is not just one symbol of diverse cultures in Malaysia, but is more about an emotional connection between grandmother and him. This is a painting of a Kamcheng sitting on a batik. The edges of the painting has gold plates finishing. Kamcheng refers to the elaborately-decorated, traditional Peranakan storage vase and also means friendship, the theme for this year's Peranakan Festival. The Peranakans or Peranakan Chinese are a sub-ethnic group defined by their genealogical descent from the first waves of Chinese settlers in the Malay Peninsula and Indonesian Archipelago. In Malaysia, the Peranakan Chinese commonly refer to themselves as Baba-Nonya. The term Baba 峇峇 is an honorific for Straits Chinese...

"Exploration of Love" reveals the artist’s concept of bittersweet life. Happiness and depression leave marks in our life, just like those creases in batiks. All creases are gathered ...

Tony lived with his grandmother when he was a child. He has seen many Peranakan tableware at her house. Although the artist is not the descendent of Peranakan, he is deeply influenced by multicultural environment in his growth background. Peranakan is not just one symbol of diverse cultures in Malaysia, but is more about an emotional connection between grandmother and him. This is a painting of a Kamcheng sitting on a batik. The edges of the painting has gold plates finishing. Kamcheng refers to the elaborately-decorated, traditional Peranakan storage vase and also means friendship, the theme for this year's Peranakan Festival. The Peranakans or Peranakan Chinese are a sub-ethnic group defined by their genealogical descent from the first waves of Chinese settlers in the Malay Peninsula and Indonesian Archipelago. In Malaysia, the Peranakan Chinese commonly refer to themselves as Baba-Nonya. The term Baba 峇峇 is an honorific for Straits Chinese...