Still Life Of Fruit & Flowers After Huysum By Chris Kettle

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Brighton based artist Chris Kettle is known for his ‘ New Still Life’ paintings: inspired by the antiquated masters, Kettle has updated the traditional form, creating unexpected arrangements from obscure objects & realising his explosive vision through a hyper-real aesthetic. Merging realism with abstraction, ‘ Still Life of Fruit & Flowers, After Van Huysym’ depicts a posy of flowers, recalling the aesthetic of the Dutch Baroque painter who gives his name to the title. Bold-red & luminescent-white petals seem to emerge from a deep, muddy background of charcoal greys & mossy greens, which Kettle has built up with textured streaks & daubs. With its ghostly quality, the print evokes the past, while speaking to the contemporary moment with innovative style. Finished with hand finished details including white & red painted accents to the flowers.