Eggplant No2

8 x 8" / oil on canvas
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© w van der Drift 2009

Two Mandarins on a Painters Box

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"Two Mandarins on a Painters Box" by w van der Drift

oil on canvas / 12 x 24"

© wendy van der Drift 2009

Maleny, Blackall Ranges, Australia

A painter gets very thirsty, and at times hungry,

a painter will then peel a mandarin

rest it on the painter's box

and paint it.

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Bunch of Beets or Beetroot ... take your pick

Bunch of Beets or Beetroot ... take your pick

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© w a van der Drift 2009

Blackall Ranges, Maleny, Australia

12 x 24"

oil on canvas

Big Bunch of Beets or Beetroot as we call them in Australia

I love the color of the stalks, spurting out life force from the

dull beets which struggled under the earth for such a period of time

to produce the most intense and radiant deep magenta / carmine

colors that one could imagine.

Kohl - Rabi ... side by side

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"Kohl - Rabi ... side by side" by w van der Drift

oil on canvas / 12 x 12"

© w van der Drift 2009

Maleny, Blackall Ranges, Australia

Review

Lovely Post by Australian Ceramic Artist Shannon Garson of Strange Fragments Blog:

Thought I would share with you here...

http://strangefragments.blogspot.com/2009/06/theres-something-human-about-that.html

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2009

There's something human about that garlic!- the paintings of Wendy Van der Drift

Wendy Van der Drift posts a painting a day on her blog "Painting Daily" Her beautiful paintings reference old masters and dutch still life painting.
What I like is that her composition and subject matter is modern and humorous. There's something human about that garlic!

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Three Pears in Conversation

"Three Pears in Conversation" by w van der Drift
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oil on canvas / 8 x 10"

© wendy van der Drift 2009

Maleny, Blackall Ranges, Australia

1 1/2" Deep Gallery Wrapped Canvas,

Painting is painted on all sides, and can be hung framed or as is

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Garlic with Green Shoots No1

Garlic with Green Shoots No1
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5 x 7" Oil on Canvas

© wendy van der Drift 2009

Maleny , Blackall Ranges, Australia

Painted on 11 1/2" deep gallery wrap canvas

can be hung as is, or framed

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Artists Studios

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Two Clementines ... Side by Side No2

"Two Mandarins ... side by side" by w van der Drift

oil on canvas / 5 x 7"

© wendy van der Drift 2009

Maleny, Blackall Ranges, Australia

A clementine, another clementine,

orange colored friends

Two Apples ... Side by Side

"Two Apples ... side by side" by w van der Drift

oil on canvas / 5 x 7"

© wendy van der Drift 2009

Maleny, Blackall Ranges, Australia

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Round, deep, edible, juicy, organic, healthy, delicious,

delicious, that's it.

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Two Mandarins ... Side by Side

oil on canvas / 5" x 7"

1 1/2" wrapped canvas frame

© wendy van der Drift 2009

Maleny, Blackall Ranges, Australia

A mandarin, another mandarin, how

clever, a food source that you can

peel the wrapping off and eat,

and simply enjoy the juice

without packaging and hoopla

no straws, no words, just pull off tree and eat.

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Custard Apple No4

oil on canvas / 8" x 8"

1 1/2" wrapped canvas frame

© wendy van der Drift 2009

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There is something sculptural and warm and loving

about a Custard Apple

They look like Gods Little Sculptures that

he made on a lazy Saturday afternoon

when all was said and done.

With great joy and abandonment

the custard apple

so needs to be painted.

They are as splendid and friendly

as a big bunch of flowers

They change shape overnight ... literally.

Olive Oil, Bread, Lemon and Two Olives

oil on canvas / 1 2 x 24"

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The challenge here was reproducing the gold alfoil on the bottle.

Finding the right yellows and combinations of warm

and cool colors, create the perception of fine creases,

and retaining a brushy finish. I don't wish to end up with

a photographic realist painting, just a realistic painted finish.

Two Sweet Potatoes ...in a field

Two Sweet Potatoes ...in a field

oil on canvas / 12 x 16"

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What is it about the humble sweet potato that says,

"don't paint me,

I'm an ugly old thing that lives under the ground.

I taste sweet,

I actually look great,

if you take the time to see beyond

my dirty face and my bumpy body.

I'm so sweet and bright on the inside,

but don't paint me that would be just too kind.

Perhaps you could find another one

as lonely as I am and we could be painted together ..."

Apple ... with a bite taken from it

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Apple ... with a bite taken from it

oil on canvas / 5 x 7" [deep frame]

The original apple: I posted a photo of the original apple because, this apple with the bite taken out of it is now about two weeks old when I took this photo. I stopped eating the apple, and decided to paint it mainly because it didn't taste like an apple. It tasted rubbery, and without flavor. This photo of the inside of the apple still so white, after days of sitting in the open air, proves to me that the apple has been tampered with either genetically, or with gas or some sort of preservative to sit on shelves in the big corporate supermarkets. Aaargh!