Tom Schneider
Tom Schneider 

Still Life Painting 1

 

"Memorial to Fallen Camarades"

Oil On Canvas

5.5' X 3.5'

 

Completing a 3D painting using oil on canvas that featured typical still-life motifs piqued my curiosity. Even the sculpted flowers in the foreground floor are made using oil paint and canvas.

 

"Leaving Mark or Stain on the World"

Oil On Canvas With Clock And Rug"

6.5' X 3.5'

 

An examination of the combination of sculpture and painting using common still life image motifs. To me, it is still the same thing whether a painted picture of a clock and rug or a genuine painted rug and clock are present. The wording at the bottom of rug states "When you die will you leave your mark on the world or a stain?"

 

"Life Cycle"

Oil On Canvas

5.5' X 3.5'

 

I wanted to emphasize the floor space rather than the table.  It deals with a bird figurine that falls from the table, crashes to the floor, breaks, and is put together again on the tabletop.

 

 

"Deep Shadows"

Oil On Canvas with Objects

5' X 3.5'

 

This painting is one of my all-time favorites.  It illustrates the "dark side" of things so there is a shadowy feeling behind the images.  Both the 3-D clock and rug have also been altered using oil paint.



 

 

"Bird Still Life"

Oil On Canvas

5' X 3'

 

  

My goal was to achieve a more straightforward composition by utilizing free-form brushstrokes.

 

"Self Portrait with Apple"

Oil On Canvas with Objects

5' X 3'

 

I tried to be a little silly with this painting. I intended to turn a still life into an anthropomorphic representation of me. An old shoe is painted on the table, and the paint and brushes represent the artist within me. An old pair of shoes and socks of mine are fastened to the two table legs.



 

"Fish Tales"

Oil On Canvas

4' X 3.5'

 

I wanted to explore the three geometric shapes that make up this still life and their relationship to each other.  Also, the play on the words "Tail" and "Tale".



 

 

"Bird Still Life on White Tablecloth"

Oil On Canvas

6' X 3'

 

This painting attempted to use more color in the tabletop and cloth, giving a greater feeling for the developed geometric shapes.



 

 

 

"Don't Cry Over Spilt Milk"

Oil On Canvas

5' X 3'

 

This is one of my earliest paintings of still life. I wanted to examine the picture of the table and the surrounding area. In this painting, a spilled glass of milk is combined with the classic still-life motif of fruit on a table.

 



 

 

"Nights Alone"

Oil On Canvas with Objects

4.5' X 3'

 

I wanted to combine painted imagery with actual objects.  There are both painted and real bottles of beer as well as painted images of pizza and real slices of pizza.  



 

 

"Loss of Boundries"

Oil On Canvas with Object

4.5' X 2.5'

 

This painting is a look at the concept of a vase with flowers on a flora tablecloth and how they blend.  



 

 

"Writing Table"

Oil On Canvas 

7' X 5.5'

 

This was an effort to give a still life painting a personality. While the printing on the wall and floor is written with markers, the table and the pink eraser on the floor are made of canvas.

 

 



 

 

"Breakfast Lunch, and Dinner"

Oil on Canvas

3' X 7.5'

 

This painting I wanted to create a still life tryptic represemting the three mealtimes.



 

 

"Nina's Letters to Me"

Oil On Canvas with Collaged Letters

4.5' X 2'

 

When my goddaughter Nina was younger, she would paint pictures and mail them which I saved and created a still life painting using her letters.



 

 

"Nina's Numbers"

Oil On Canvas

4.5' X 2'

<< New image with text >>

 

"Blue Bowls"

Oil On Canvas with Object

5.5' X 3'

 

This whimsical endeavor was simply a lighthearted attempt to craft an amusing, playful still life.

 

  



 

 

"Septrmber 11th"

Oil On Canvas with clocks and collaged newspaper articles.

6' X 4'

 

I created this still life on canvas by collaged newspaper pieces on the 9/11 disaster that I had preserved.

  



 

 

"Grandfathers Clock"

Oil On Canvas with Fabric Mesh

9' X 4.5'

 

A picture of my grandfather when he was younger, with the grandfather clocks he kept in high regard.

 

 

 

  



 

 

"Labeling"

Oil On Canvas 

5' X 3'

 

 

 

 

 

  



 

 

"Still Life Shadows"

 

 

 

 

  



 

 

"Narsisus"

 

 

 

 

  



 

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