Melanie Parke’s imagery of rustic kitchen tables, dish shelves, entryways and window nooks congregate to suggest snug gathering spots and welcome respites of interiority.
Set up with recognizable still life identifiers — a stem casually placed in a glass jar, fruit loosely strewn on a table top, ceramic tumblers or a teapot — a convivial human presence is noted, not through bodies but close narratives between objects. Proximities between a window and its reflection on the table top establishes that light is the main character. Refractions move across a surface and the effect makes a chimera of things — a mutation — lifting the weight of the familiar into a fresh reverie.
A room’s pitch can be read through highly decorated floral patterns or tonal color fields shifting slightly to enliven or quiet the mood. Whether euphoric or contemplative, every perspective leads to a preoccupation of chasing light.
Cézanne’s idea of passing through objects is something Parke thinks about a lot. Even when her pattern engages a seemingly uniform plane, transparencies never end, pass through walls, and keep the eye going.
Parke’s paint handling varies from multilayered to wet on wet, always textured, always nuanced.
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Emerald Rain - Contemporary Still Life Flowers Fruit Landscape Green, 2024
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary oil painting on canvas, a bright and inviting interior scene is set with a still life with arrangements of flowers in a vase and a glass pitcher, a pear and lemo...
Canvas, Oil
$4,900
Trailing Pear - Lake Landscape Window Flowers Fruit Botanical Still Life, 2025
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in oil on canvas, a cheerful interior scene is bright and inviting with a still life arrangement of coral red flowers in a green glass bottle next to a ...
Canvas, Oil
$5,500
Arezzo Garden Square - Yellow Red Chrysanthemum Flowers Fruit Still Life, 2019
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary still life painting in oil on canvas, a clear glass vase holds bright lush chrysanthemum blossoms in coral red and pink beside orange and yellow fruits in a frui...
Canvas, Oil
$3,500
Porcelain Red - Lake Landscape Window Flowers Fruit Botanical Still Life, 2024
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in oil on canvas, a cheerful interior scene is bright and inviting with a still life arrangement of red poppies, red flowers and pale pink dahlias in a ...
Canvas, Oil
$5,800
Lazuli Rose - Contemporary Peach Still Life Nasturtiums Pears Blue Teapot, 2025
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
Contemporary painting in oil on canvas with a bright and inviting interior scene. A still life arrangement of pears, a painted teapot, and two vases, one with Nasturtiums and another...
Canvas, Oil
$9,700
Flying Aster - Contemporary Still Life Yellow Fruit Botanical Red Blue, 2024
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary oil painting on canvas, a dining room interior scene is vibrant and colorful with an arrangement of flowers in a painted vase next to blue and white China teapot...
Canvas, Oil
$3,500
Emerald Manner - Contemporary Still Life Flowers Fruit Landscape Green, 2024
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary oil painting on canvas, a bright and inviting interior scene is set with a still life arrangement of flowers in a green bottle, painted patterned china and fruit...
Canvas, Oil
$6,900
Peachy - Peaches Pine Trees Tulips Botanical Fruit Flowers Lake Landscape, 2019
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary oil painting on canvas, a Michigan lake landscape with pine trees sets the backdrop for a still life arrangement of pink, white and orange flowers on a table wit...
Canvas, Oil
$7,200
Red Fiesta, Bright Orange, Red Still Life, Grapes, Lemons, Blue and White Vase
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
A bright and inviting interior scene with a still life arrangement of lemons in a blue and white painted fruit bowl beside a green, leafy plant in a blue and white vase on a striped,...
Canvas, Oil
$3,200
Watervale Yellow - Contemporary Still Life Red Flowers Kitchen Window, 2024
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in oil on canvas, a bright and inviting interior scene is set with a still life arrangement of red and yellow flowers in a green glass vase, beside a pa...
Canvas, Oil
Fig in Hand - Coral Red Still Life Flowers Female Figure Lime Fruit 2023
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
A bright and inviting interior scene with a still life arrangement of flowers in a glass vase beside a figurine of a female nude and a single slice of a green lime. The table setting...
Canvas, Oil
$6,900
Figs and Feathers - Contemporary Interior White Birds Green Plants Fruit, 2018
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
Contemporary painting in oil on canvas with a bright and inviting interior scene. A still life arrangement of three potted plants with lush green leaves beside two white birds, and a...
Canvas, Oil
The Margarete, Still Life, Interior, Green Dining Room, Daisies, Fruit
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
A bright and inviting interior scene with a still life arrangement of a terracotta vase with white daisies and a red flower, beside a matching fruit bowl with limes and lemons. A blue and white painted tea cup and a striped plate with a cut lemon allude to an afternoon of tea. The arrangement is beautifully complemented by the vibrant mint green color of the walls. A dark navy blue china cabinet...
Canvas, Oil
$1,000
Lake on the Mountain - Red Pink Flowers Butterfly Female Figure Peach, 2021
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
A female figure in red sits beside a pink and black butterfly, surrounded by brightly colored flowers in red and bright pink and a black urn next to a tree with green leaves in the c...
Gouache, Archival Paper
$1,200
Blue Amber - Gouache Botanical Painting Flowers Birds Monkey Garden Lilac, 2021
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in gouache on paper, a golden yellow monkey and blue, white and yellow birds are surrounded by brightly colored flowers and a peach urn in a lively gard...
Gouache, Archival Paper
$4,800
Assam - Contemporary Oil Painting Dining Room Fruit Flowers Still Life, 2021
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary oil painting on canvas, there is a peaceful interior scene with a still life arrangement of two white pitchers, and delicate lilac and red flowers in a clear gla...
Canvas, Oil
$2,800
Monarch, 2022, oil on canvas, impressionist interior and still life painting
By Melanie Parke
Located in New York, NY
Melanie Parke’s latest selection of still lifes looks at quotidian interiors and imbues them with magic. All of the elements of the still life are present: a stem in glimmering glass...
Canvas, Oil
Kitchen Skirt, impressionist interior and still life painting
By Melanie Parke
Located in New York, NY
Melanie Parke’s latest selection of still lifes looks at quotidian interiors and imbues them with magic. All of the elements of the still life are present: a stem in glimmering glass...
Canvas, Oil
Wine Bottles and Fruit on Table
By Zygmund Jankowski
Located in Gloucester, MA
Zygmund Jankowski (1925–2009) painted traditional subjects with exuberant irreverence for traditional rules of color, composition, and perspective. He disparaged imitation and deligh...
Canvas, Oil
Interior at Frick
By Paula Craioveanu
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil on canvas.
Canvas, Oil
Late Light
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
Willard Dixon, Late Light, painted in 2022, oil on canvas. The ethereal ocean beach scene captures a couple enjoying the sunset. The original painting is 36" X 36". Framed in a cont...
Canvas, Oil
$5,000
H 30 in W 30 in D 2.5 in
Going to Bolinas - Realism oil on canvas painting - California Coast still life
By Willard Dixon
Located in Burlingame, CA
Going to Bolinas - An iconic rural scene from Northern California's quintessential highway 1, while heading north to the town of Bolinas. A traditional landscape blending urban — manmade street signs and roadway — with nature. The painting depicts early evening light — the artist's favorite. Created in 2020 from celebrated American realist artist Willard Dixon, who has captured the undeniable beauty of the west for the past 35 years. Dixon’s work can be found in numerous distinctive private and public collections, as well as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, as well as the Oakland Museum of California. The work comes framed in a California redwood frame. Artwork is 30 x 30 inches. With framing the outer dimension is 31 x 31 inches.Signed and dated by the artist. Born: Kansas City MO, 1942 Education: Art Students League, New York, NY Cornell University Brooklyn Museum School San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A. 1969 Awards and Commissions N.E.A. Fellowship Grant- 1989 California Supreme Court Mural Commission- 1998 Las Vegas Federal Courthouse Commission, G.S.A.-1998 Teaching 1989-90: San Francisco State University 1975: San Francisco Art Institute Realism Seminar 1974-76: Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA 1973-74, 1976: California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA 1971-72: California State University, Hayward, CA One Man Exhibitions 2015: Willard Dixon Portraits College of Marin Fine Art Gallery, Kentfield 2014: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2008: SFMOMA Artists Gallery, San Francisco, CA. 2005: Fischbach Gallery, NYC,NY 2005: Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2004: Fischbach Gallery, NYC, NY. 2002: Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2002: Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA 2001: Hackett Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2000: Fischbach Gallery, NYC , NY 2000: Hearst Art Gallery, St. Mary’s College, Moraga, CA 1998: Hackett Freedman Gallery, SF, CA 1997: Tatistcheff/Rogers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1996, 1995: Contemporary Realist Gallery (now Hackett Freedman Gallery) 1994: Fischbach Gallery 1993: Contemporary Realist Gallery 1992: Fischbach Gallery 1991: Earl McGrath Gallery, 454 North, Los Angeles, CA 1990: Fischbach Gallery 1989: William Sawyer Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1988: Gallery 454 North, Los Angeles, CA 1987: Fischbach Gallery 1987: Gallery 454 North 1986: William Sawyer Gallery 1985: Fischbach Gallery 1984: Harris Gallery, Houston, Tx 1984: William Sawyer Gallery 1983, 1982: Fischbach Gallery 1981: William Sawyer Gallery 1980,1979: Tortue Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 1976, 1975: William Sawyer Gallery 1973, 1972: William Sawyer Gallery Selected Group Exhibitions 2017: SHIFT / with Elizabeth Barlow, Kim Frohsin, Erin Parrish...
Canvas, Oil
$6,800
H 48 in W 72 in
Book of Changes 2 - lively, abstracted, botanicals, acrylic and oil on canvas
By Fiona Ackerman
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Vancouver artist, Fiona Ackerman strays from botanical-themed compositions to explore the concepts of philosophy in this new abstract acrylic piece, one of two. Her colourful palette...
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
$3,200
H 22 in W 28 in D 0.1 in
Crowded Altar Still Life Painting, Oil on Canvas, Contemporary
By Christopher T Terry
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In most of the paintings, the artist uses an interior space as his subject, placing a table or similar object at its center. The use of symmetry and eye level often suggests an altar...
Canvas, Oil
Pepperonia
Located in San Francisco, CA
Alejandro Rubio Pepperonia, 2021 Oil on canvas 20 x 16 inches Inspired by Uruguayan artist Joaquín Torres García, Alejandro Rubio’s meticulous attention to the formal elements of pa...
Canvas, Oil
$7,363
H 47.25 in W 47.25 in D 1.97 in
Mirror Room- 21st Century Contemporary Oil Painting of a Palace interior
By Sylvia Van Opstall
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
Sylvia van Opstall Mirror Room 120 x 120 cm Framing is possible The artist Sylvia van Opstall comes from all kinds of "worlds that deal with design and classical painting," the des...
Canvas, Oil
$4,800
H 42 in W 32 in D 1 in
Bananekürbis. Still life Painting, Oil on canvas, Contemporary
By Christopher T Terry
Located in Miami Beach, FL
When an artist works with more conventional still life subjects, they focus primarily on the formal properties of the painting, such as color relationships, form, proportions, and ot...
Canvas, Oil
Vedute
By Pierre Bergian
Located in New Orleans, LA
Belgium based artist, Pierre Bergian, expresses his fascination with architecture through his paintings by exploring space and structure. Old abandoned houses and their air of myster...
Canvas, Oil
$6,500
H 48 in W 36 in D 1 in
Sprudel. Still life Painting, Oil on canvas, contemporary
By Christopher T Terry
Located in Miami Beach, FL
When an artist works with more conventional still life subjects, they focus primarily on the formal properties of the painting, such as color relationships, form, proportions, and ot...
Canvas, Oil
Zhao Wang Surrealist Original Oil Painting "Let's Travel 6"
Located in New York, NY
Title: Let's Travel 6 Medium: Oil on canvas Size: 8 x 8 inches Frame: Framing options available! Condition: The painting appears to be in excellent condition. Note: This painting is unstretched Year: 2000 Circa Artist: Zhao Wang...
Canvas, Oil
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H 44 in W 48 in D 1.75 in
Mandarin for Jane - Lake Landscape Night Window Fruit Botanical Still Life, 2025
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in oil on canvas, a peaceful interior scene is set by night with a still life arrangement of pussy willow branches in a blue pitcher, citrus fruits, art...
Canvas, Oil
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H 30 in W 30 in D 1.75 in
Wild Onion - Contemporary Still Life Flowers Pattern Fruit Night Window, 2025
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary oil painting on canvas, an inviting interior scene is set with a still life arrangement of flowers in glass vases beside a green pear and an peach fruit bowl on ...
Oil, Canvas
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H 40 in W 30 in D 1.75 in
Nights Are For Moths - Contemporary Still Life Flowers Night Window, 2024
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary oil painting on canvas, an inviting interior scene is set at nighttime with a still life with arrangements of flowers in a vase beside a teacup, plate, blossoms,...
Canvas, Oil
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H 52 in W 48 in D 1.75 in
Island Pears - Lake Landscape Flowers Fruit Botanical Dining Still Life, 2021
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in oil on canvas, an interior scene is bright and inviting with a still life arrangement of red poppies, yellow buttercup flowers and pink chrysanthemum...
Canvas, Oil
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H 24 in W 18 in D 1.75 in
Postcard from Morandi - Still Life Stripes Flowers Orange Fruit Peach Bird, 2024
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary oil painting on canvas, a bright and inviting interior scene is set with a still life arrangement of flowers in a glass vase, orange citrus fruit and a postcard ...
Canvas, Oil
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H 36 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
Birds and Spoons - Green Botanical Still Life Dahlia Flowers Tea Fruit, 2024
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary oil painting on canvas, a cheerful interior scene is set with a still life arrangement of flowers in a vase beside a lamp, a painted horse figurine, tea cup, pla...
Canvas, Oil
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H 40 in W 40 in D 1.75 in
Peaches and Stems - Contemporary Still Life Tulips Fruit Flowers Dining, 2022
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary painting in oil on canvas, a bright and inviting interior scene is set with a still life arrangement of red tulips beside a light green pitcher, peaches and pears on a yellow checkered table...
Canvas, Oil
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H 36 in W 48 in D 1.25 in
Torcello Postcard - Still Life Oil Painting Fruit Garden Trees, 2016
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
A light and airy, inviting outdoor scene with a still life arrangement of peach flowers in a pink and white patterned vase next to a painted fruit bowl and blue patterned tea cup, al...
Canvas, Oil
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H 20 in W 16 in D 1.75 in
Borgo, Still Life Painting, Dark Red Flowers, Open Window Coral, Fruit
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
A bright and inviting interior scene with two tea cups sit beside a fruit bowl and an arrangement of dark red flowers on a table in front of an open window, offering a view of verdan...
Canvas, Oil
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H 40 in W 30 in D 1.25 in
Arcadia Dawn, Sandhill Crane Birds, Red Flowers, Salmon Pink Botanical Landscape
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
Two sandhill cranes, white birds with red heads and black beaks stand beside a smaller, golden yellow bird perched on a red orange tree branch. Lush green palm leaves and burgundy re...
Canvas, Oil
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H 40 in W 40 in D 1.75 in
Flora Seeds, Botanical Interior, Flowers, Red Poppies, Fruit, Yellow Lemon, Blue
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
A bright and inviting interior scene with a still life arrangement of bright red poppies in a blue and white China vase and yellow lemons. The table setting is beautifully complement...
Canvas, Oil
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H 24 in W 24 in D 1.25 in
Daisies of the Moon, Yellow, White Flowers, Peach Pink Lake Sunset, Green Pears
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
A light and inviting interior scene with an arrangement of yellow, white and burgundy red daisies in a clear glass vase next to light green pears, orange wedges, a green apple and a ...
Canvas, Oil