A Yellow Kitchen~ Eggs and Shells
Eggs and Shells, oil painting by Melody Phaneuf
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A kitchen, in my view, requires the energy of yellow. With blue as its companion, yellow vibrates and expresses radiant joy, buoyed against its near complementary hue. Monet must have thought so too. His kitchen at Giverny combines yellow walls with blue willow plates and Japanese prints in which blue dominates.
Eggs and Shells combines the energy of yellow and blue with a low major key. The effect is dramatic, and more dignified than a higher key using the same color scheme. The lower key also allows the richness of intense color without the assault that too much bright color manifests.
Eggs and Shells was an inspiration that came while baking chocolate chip cookies. I liked the way the eggshells broke and the seemingly random combination of those shells with the collected seashells that I had placed in the kitchen. The slant of light that danced across the tops of surfaces begged to be painted. The dark backdrop was purposely added to lower the key and frame the objects.
A perfect morning painting, Eggs and Shells wakes up the senses and massages the eyes with broken color. The painting is in private collection but is available in matted print and note cards.
Eggs and Shells, oil painting by Melody Phaneuf, private collection
Eggs and Shells, 11 x 14 Matted Print
Eggs and Shells, Boxed Note Cards
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Boston Artist, Melody Phaneuf is well known for her evocative still life, landscape, and portrait paintings. Her paintings are regularly on view at The Guild of Boston Artists, 162 Newbury Street; at Fenway Studios, Boston by appointment; and North Shore Art in Gloucester from May through October. Phaneuf ‘s paintings have been exhibited at The National Arts Club in New York City, Galerie Herouet in Paris, and with Art du Monde, in Japan.
Melody The Artist Home, founded with photographer and color specialist, Martha DiMeo, features Phaneuf’s original oil paintings on tumbled marble tile murals and beverage coasters, fine art prints, and handmade note cards.
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