Spring Still Life Magnets

Still life with tulips

Sitting in a cafe in Amsterdam, I contemplated the creative connection between cafes, coffee and cycling. Cyclists have long congregated at the 'cafe stop' before and after a club run. Now the urban cyclists cafe is a rapid growing trend, a hybrid place where couriers and commuters hang out. More than just a coffee shop, its a meeting space for riders. I use Winsor and Newton professional acrylics and glazes and the painting has a high gloss, deep lustrous surface. The edges of the canvas are painted and glazed to enable the artwork to be displayed with or without a frame. I am a keen cyclist, who lovingly restores bicycles and then records them for posterity by producing fine canvas's that are totally unique. All my paintings ...

Still life with strawberry

Still life with wildflowers

Spring Crocus are one of the earliest flowers to bloom in the spring. They push through the snow once the sun starts to warm up the soil and a welcome start to spring.

Spring Crocus are one of the earliest blooms to show in the spring. They push trough the snow and leave litter once the sun starts to warm up the soil and a welcome start to spring.

Spring Crocus are one of the earliest blooms to show in the spring. They push trough the snow and leave litter once the sun starts to warm up the soil and a welcome start to spring.

The early spring Crocus blooms, are always a welcome sign of spring.

Seeing the early spring Crocus blooms in the garden, is always a welcome sign of spring.

The early crocus blooms as the first flowers in the garden is always a welcome sign of spring.

The first Crocus blooms in the garden are always a welcome sign of spring.

A vintage look still life layered with real spring flowers. Superimposed flowers create a unique floral collage that blends the vintage and the modern together. Real daffodils, bluebells, rosebuds and anemones photographs taken in the artists home garden then edited and layered on top of a painted look.

oil painting

I find that the Crab Apple blossom so beautiful that I just had to bring it indoors and get the best possible photo that I could.

I find that the Crab Apple blossom so beautiful that I just had to bring it indoors and get the best possible photo that I could.

Pierre Bonnard was a French painter and printmaker who was associated with the Nabis, a group of avant-garde artists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is renowned for his innovative use of color and composition, as well as his intimate and domestic subject matter

We've had snow and freezing temperatures for the last week, and I've been dreaming of spring flowers. I was going to do more work to this but friends love it just as it is, so it's done! Watercolour on 140lb Artistico extra white CP

Early morning sunlit Iris in my garden. I always enjoy the display of colour from these large blooms.

Portrait of Garden Tulip. I always marvel how tulip petals can take on a sculpted appearance. Tulips provide an endless variety of colours and styles.

Portrait of Garden Tulip. I always marvel how tulips can take on a sculpted appearance. Tulips provide an endless variety of colours and styles.

Portrait of Garden Tulip. I always marvel how tulips can take on the quality of a sculpted ceramic appearance. Tulips provide an endless variety of colours and styles.

A colorful still life photograph of Ohio magnolia flowers and cherry blossoms on a blue vintage table.

Bouquet of flowers in a vase still life

Wild Flowers

Spring Bouquet by Pierre-Auguste Renoir is a vintage floral fine art still life impressionism painting featuring spring flowers in a blue vase.

Garden Tulip profiled in sunlight. I always marvel how the tulip petals can take on a sculpted appearance. Tulips provide an endless variety of colours and styles.

Garden Tulip backlit in sunlight. The high angle of the midday sun allows highlights the variety of tulip colours.

Garden Tulip backlit in sunlight. The high angle of the midday sun highlights the tulip petals.

Tulips with lemon

Spring Art 2

A few remaining sprigs of dried grass from the previous season stand their ground with a layer of fresh snow in late winter... Wonderful shadows cast by a late afternoon sun... Featured message: Happy Holidays! Text can be customized; card also available without message. Please contact the artist for details!

Spring Art 1

Vector illustration of an abstract green still life

Spring Art 4

Cottagecore watercolor to welcome welcome spring. A peaceful still life of green leather bound books, a table of wildflowers, a fruit topped caramel cake, a white and gold mug of hot coffee with a stick of cinnamon, warm gold candlesticks with light blue robins eggs, and how long did it take you to find the baby mouse spying on the cake?

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