Plaster Still-life Paintings

A joyful depiction of a towering celebration cake decorated in edible wild flowers. This painting has a great deal of texture, vibrancy and character. Kerry Louise Bennett, artist and painter, has original artworks available with Wychwood Art in our gallery and online. Working from her home studio in Sheffield, Kerry Louise Bennett (b.1972) makes colourful paintings loaded with texture and pattern. Her previous lives working in set design, upholstery and photography, and her passion for music and literature, all feed into the semi-abstract interior and still life compositions she paints. In one sense the objects painted and the relationships between them can be seen as arbitrary, necessary only to serve a sense of spatial orchestration, and the abstract sensibility of a process-led artist, however, an element of romance and storytelling always seems to emerge in her charming characterful paintings. Colour and composition, strong mark-making and the pure materiality of paint drive my creative practice, but of course everything I make reveals something of me - the introvert, the observer, the dreamer. I work over multiple layers before finding the story the painting wants to tell. In some ways I feel like the conductor of an unruly orchestra - there is a musicality to my work, and my visual vocabulary draws on the everyday to capture a kind of unconscious narrative that transforms chaos into calm, worry into joy, the mundane to the magical. Kerry says of herself: I am obsessed with colour first and foremost – it’s impact is so visceral, but mark making is also important – usually expressed through pattern and the shapes of things often scratched into the surface of the paint, with textures then built up over many layers. My visual vocabulary draws on the ordinary stuff of life - chairs, plants...

Jardin d'Hiver Series is Shizico Yi's latest collection, created in her winter studio while savouring for the summer left behind. Reflecting on the vibrant days spent painting en pl...

Painting of Abstract Turquoise & Red Flowers on a Pink Background by British Landscape Artist, Angela Wakefield. This original is from th...

Leigh Ann Van Fossan's "Breathe in the Warm Salty Air" is an original acrylic and charcoal painting depicting a blue vase with flowers next to a picturesque scene featuring a blue oc...

The Post Party by Héctor Francesch is an acrylic on canvas created in 2026. Measuring 104 x 77 cm, this geometric figurative still life painting transforms domestic objects into anth...

Leigh Ann Van Fossan's "Pleasantries" is a charming acrylic and charcoal painting, created on canvas, which depicts slices of mango resting on a plate Van Fossan was born in Vail, C...

Anthropomorphic plant character interior painting with geometric figurative composition, combining symbolic still life, playful narrative and contemporary illustration-inspired aesth...

Leigh Ann Van Fossan's "Nestled" is a charming acrylic and charcoal painting, created on canvas. Artist Statement: "This emotional, impulsive, and nostalgic work captures a familiar...

Geometric figurative interior painting with anthropomorphic objects, symbolic still life elements and vivid contemporary color relationships. Carrot Man is an acrylic on canvas pain...

Abstract sculptural still-life: a pot of flowers. Mixed media on canvas. Neutral tones, cheerful simplicity, boldly poetic

Leigh Ann Van Fossan's "Sanctuary" is an original acrylic and pastel painting depicting a warm interior with a cozy cat perched on a chair peering out a picturesque window. Van Fos...

Title: Pot of Gold Painting Floral Bouquet Gold Fine art Investment Colorful Flowers Contemporary This acrylic painting bursts with vibrant colors, capturing the wild, untamed ener...