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Life Suspended Series

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This series was inspired by the Juan Sánchez Cotán still life Quince, Cabbage,Melon and Cucumber painted in 1602. The scene with its quince and cabbage hanging by strings in an uncluttered, dark niche is arresting and suggestive of a stage set.  I used this motif to create still life "stage sets" using studio objects as props. (View Contán painting here
 
My sets are scenes of imaginary landscapes, seascapes, self portraits using studio and kitchen tools, and still lifes that upend the subject and mood of the Cotán painting.

Upcoming Exhibition  

Room to Breathe 

McGuffey Art Center

201 2nd St. NW,  Charlottesville, Virginia

on view October 1- 27, 2019 

Opening reception October 4 5:30-7:30 PM

© 2019 by Lindsay Freedman

Website by SkafteDesign

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