Jeanne Oosting | Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
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untitled, year unknown
watercolour on paper, 39x48cmThis classical still life water colour has been painted in a fluid expressionistic fashion. The flowing quality shows evidence of great skill because errors cannot be covered up using water colours. Objects are simplified but they are still recognisable. The backdrop, on the other hand, has been abstracted further and plays with pronounced and unpronounced pattern. The main examples are the clear diamond design in the top right-hand corner versus the stripy patterned table cloth, which gradually starts to blur. On the whole, the composition has been painted in a realistic colour scheme, though blue-grey hues dominate that are counterbalanced by the warmth of the orange tones of the fruit.