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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
H 32 in W 44 in
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
H 36 in W 36 in D 2 in
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
H 40 in W 31.5 in
Interior at Frick
By Paula Craioveanu
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil on canvas.
Canvas, Oil
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
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
H 44 in W 66 in D 2.5 in
Autumn Reflected / realist nature 44 x66 in. oil on canvas painting
By Peter Loftus
Located in Burlingame, CA
‘Autumn Reflected’ oil painting by American Realist artist Peter Loftus, who is known for captivating breathtaking color-rich nature scenes through shadow and light in his oil on can...
Canvas, Oil
H 24 in W 18 in D 1 in
Man at Piano Bar, Contemporary Figurative with Primary Colors
By Michael William Eggleston
Located in Soquel, CA
Man at Piano Bar, Contemporary Figurative with Primary Colors Modernist painting of pensive man at bar by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th c.). Fro...
Canvas, Oil
H 31.5 in W 23.5 in
Minotaur in Interior
By Paula Craioveanu
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Oil on canvas.
Canvas, Oil
H 18 in W 18 in D 2 in
"Red Roses", Contemporary, Photorealistic, Oil, Painting, Framed, Flowers
By Jeffrey Vaughn
Located in St. Louis, MO
Jeffrey Vaughn, from Alton, Illinois, received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1978 from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, and his Master of Fine Arts in 1983 from the ...
Canvas, Wood, Oil
H 19 in W 25 in D 1.5 in
"The Fire Door", Expressionist, Interior, Factory, Red, Blue, Teal, Oil Painting
By Catherine Picard-Gibbs
Located in Franklin, MA
“The Fire Door” by Catherine Picard-Gibbs is an expressionist interior factory scene in a primary palette of red, teal, blue, and yellow. In this 18 x 24 inc...
Oil, Canvas
H 33.47 in W 25.6 in D 1.19 in
Curtain - Contemporary Expressive Atmospheric Indoor Oil Painting
By Bartosz Kolata
Located in Salzburg, AT
Bartosz Kolata was born in Torun, Poland in 1979. In 2006 he graduated in Art Conservation and Restoration from Nicolas Copernicus University UMK, securing a Master of Art degree. He...
Canvas, Oil
H 16.54 in W 11.82 in D 0.79 in
Landscape – Original Oil Painting on Canvas, Unique Artwork Contemporary art
By Marilina Marchica
Located in Agrigento, AG
"Landscape" is an original oil painting on canvas (30x42 cm) by Marilina Marchica, a contemporary artist known for her poetic interpretation of places and the aesthetics of the sign....
Canvas, Oil
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
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 ...
Canvas, Oil
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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