Monday
Jun292009
Bottle Collection FINAL
Monday, June 29, 2009 at 6:10PM 
"Bottle Collection"
oil on panel
18 x 24 inches
I said to a friend recently, a long painting is like reading a good novel - you want to finish it but you're sad when you're done!
This painting took over 3 months, and it's my longest and largest still life yet. Posting photos of paintings online tends to make every piece seem to have the same scale, but this one is significantly larger than any I have done before.
I won't be able to make a movie of this one, but here's a little slide show of all the stages of drawing and underpaintings. You can also click here to see it larger.
Reader Comments (12)
Each and every addition to this collection blows my mind. Incredible work Sadie!
Your painting is marvelous.
Your work presents such a challenge to me.
Thanks for the inspiration.
Really wonderful!
Wonderful is the right adjective... wonderful painting Sadie
It is amazing to see the depth added in the last few stages. Well done.
hi sadie... majestic is about the best word to describe my response to this painting. 3 months, wow, i guess you really know your road well to know this is the point i stop. r.
Fantastic piece, between details i love the light shadow over the white board. Best, Marco.
This is gorgeous. I always love the way forms emerge from a black background - so lush.
Sadie, each single one of your paintings posted here goes to a different level of elegance. It is so uplifting and make me realize again why I want to draw and paint -- thanks a lot for sharing your expertise and thought process with us in teaching and blogging...
Sadie, that's breathtaking. You really are climbing higher and higher with each piece. Simply stunning.
*runs off to work on something*
Hi Sadie-
Your blog is one of the first ones I found when I started writing 2 years ago. Today, quite out of the blue, you showed up as a suggested friend on facebook. Small world, no?
wow Susan, cool! Thanks for following my blog so long!