{"id":7206,"date":"2024-02-26T15:03:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T15:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/?page_id=7206"},"modified":"2024-05-02T15:25:47","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T15:25:47","slug":"stilllife","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/index.php\/stilllife\/","title":{"rendered":"Still Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<main class=\"wp-block-group alignfull site-content is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" id=\"header\" style=\"margin-top:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"padding-top:0px;min-height:441px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-black-background-color has-background-dim-40 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"856\" height=\"573\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-7039\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lemon2.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lemon2.jpg 856w, https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/lemon2-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-style-default has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:63px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-max-48-font-size\">Still Life<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-max-48-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">An interesting still life painting will add a unique feel in rooms such as the kitchen and dining room.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/etsy.com\/uk\/shop\/HelensCreativeStudio\/\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">view my etsy store<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/main>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"services\" class=\"wp-block-group pattern_multiple_covers has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-3 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--small)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-large-font-size\">Still Life Art Work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In recent years I have really enjoyed painting a series of miniature still lives. The majority of these have been acrylic paintings on a canvas board surface. For my fruit series I initially used a single piece of fruit carefully lit against a plain background. I wanted to make a simple subject more dramatic. I have expanded this idea to include other subjects; cotton reels, leaves and even glass marbles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/grapes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/grapes.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/grapes-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/leaf.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/leaf.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/leaf-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"547\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/strawberry.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/strawberry.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/strawberry-219x300.jpg 219w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">If you know a tea lover, I have a painting of a china tea cup and saucer which would make an ideal gift. Or if you would like your antique tea set immortalised, I can paint your very own cup and saucer from a clear photograph. There are lots of fun ideas for still life paintings!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"476\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/teacup.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/teacup.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/teacup-300x238.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"813\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cottonreels-1024x813.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cottonreels-1024x813.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cottonreels-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/cottonreels.jpg 1206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">My flower art is entirely painted from real life using either garden flowers, plants and even a beautiful formal bouquet as inspiration. I find oil paints are excellent for flower subjects as they blend well and offer both depth and brightness of colour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/rose.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/rose.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/rose-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"880\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/daffodils-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"766\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-1.jpeg\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is snowdrops-766x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-7226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-1.jpeg 766w, https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/image-1-224x300.jpeg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 766px) 100vw, 766px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" id=\"cover\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"439\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-7037\" alt=\"polyanthus blue oil painting\" src=\"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/polyanthus-blue.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/polyanthus-blue.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/polyanthus-blue-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/polyanthus-blue-1024x375.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/polyanthus-blue-600x220.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-743cc8a00e54d2b79dcb043542e4ac35\"><strong>Get in touch for a free chat.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-7af4bd9578cc7088e31b2d62766b65a2\">I am based in York but if you are not local to me I can advise on colours for a still life art piece from photos of your room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-2 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--6\" style=\"text-transform:uppercase\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/index.php\/contact\/\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">CONTACT ME<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Still Life Art Work In recent years I have really enjoyed painting a series of miniature still lives. The majority of these have been acrylic paintings on a canvas board surface. For my fruit series I initially used a single piece of fruit carefully lit against a plain background. I wanted to make a simple &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/index.php\/stilllife\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Still Life&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/full-width-transparent.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7206","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_media_urls":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7206"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7346,"href":"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7206\/revisions\/7346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.helenhardingartistyork.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}