Manuel Santelices 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...

This contemporary still-life depicts a ripe artichoke and lemon wedge on blue and white Mediterranean tiles. This box canvas is part of my MINI Tiles series, and is ready to be hung ...

Apéritif au Cap Ferret Acrylic on canvas 41 x 33 cm Ornate gold frame included, ready to hang Signed “Mathias” lower left In Apéritif au Cap Ferret, Greg Mathias invites us into a ...

This contemporary still-life depicts two vibrant and juicy prawns with a lemon wedge on blue and white Mediterranean tiles. This box canvas is part of my MINI Tiles series, and is re...

Midi et Soir à Èze 65 x 54 cm Acrylic on Canvas "Midi et Soir à Èze" by Grégoire Mathias is a vibrant portrayal of the picturesque village of Èze, capturing the shifting moods of mi...

Mâtinée à l'atelier 40 x 32 cm Acrylic on Canvas "Mâtinée à l'atelier" offers a vibrant and dynamic depiction of a morning spent in the artist’s studio. Exemplifying the unique Diac...

This contemporary still-life depicts two vibrant and juicy prawns with a lemon wedge on blue and white Mediterranean tiles. This box canvas is part of my MINI Tiles series, and is re...

This is a stunning elegant, colourful and textured oil painting. Ekaterina Popova's series titled "In the Bedroom" captures the light subtleties and f...

Showing an intimate space with a bright palette and textured brush strokes, Ekaterina Popova's oil paintings are very expressive and will certainly be...

This artwork by Andrée De Frémont has a simple theme : Two farms in the distance in a hedged landscape. But on closer inspection, the arrangement of ...

Presenting a contemporary, serene acrylic painting of a single flower exuding a joyous elegance. The up-close pink flower composition is delicately portrayed with thin and delicate brushstrokes, providing a realistic and immersive viewing experience. The soft and subtle nuances of pink, and the bright yellow tucked in soft green bed...

This is a stunning elegant, colourful and textured oil painting. Ekaterina Popova's intimate rooms series capture the light subtleties and feelings of romantic contentment. Artist ...