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“Garlic with Nouveau Fabric”
(homage to garlic - the most wonderful ingredient of all!)
44” x 28”
oil on canvas |
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Still-life is perhaps my favorite
genre of painting. It is here I celebrate the part of me that
has spent a lot if time in the kitchen. Once upon a time, I was
speaking to an young art student and he jokingly quoted a stereotype
that went something like this, “Hello - you’re an artist?
What restaurant do you work at?” I was horrified because,
at the time, I worked in a restaurant. Indeed, I was struggling
to make my art. As consolation to myself, I referred to my work
as culinary art and yet during those years I was haunted by compositions
that lingered in my mind’s eye inspired by the fruits and
vegetables that lay in brilliant arrangements on the cutting
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“Green Grapes”
16” x 16”
oil on canvas |
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“Green Apples II”
16”x 16”
oil on canvas |
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“Antique Table with Peach”
24” x 36”
oil on canvas |
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“Green Apple I”
16”x 16”
oil on canvas |
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“Green Apples III”
30” x 30”
oil on linen |
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This large-scale series entitled “Culinary Art” exemplifies
Stafford’s mastery of composition and color. Painted exclusively
with palette knives each of these paintings celebrate her unmistakable
joy of oil painting! |
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“June”
48” x 42”
oil on canvas |
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“Lobster with Blue Mussels”
48” x 42
oil on canvas |
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“August”
48” x 42”
oil on canvas |
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“July”
48” x 42”
oil on canvas |
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“Las Galletas”
48” x 42”
oil on canvas |
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“Watermelon”
42” x 48”
oil on canvas |
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“Lobsters with Lemon”
42” x 48”
oil on canvas
(sold) |
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“September”
42” x 48”
oil on canvas |
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