Modern Still Life

I have just visited this years Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy. I go every year and it is always a very varied display of art at it’s modern end of the spectrum. Always some very good and inspirational works, some bad and some of questionable artistic quality. In my view! But it’s worth it for the good stuff. This year I wasn’t as impressed as usual by the selection and found the most interesting works were the ones beautifully painted or imaginatively composed. But then that is my personal bias. My friend was most impressed by the more abstract and impressionistic colourful submissions. There is something for everyone.

I have just finished this contemporary still life of an Ogen Melon, I liked the simplicity and the curves in the image, and the reflection adds a further dimension.