Marilyn's table

Marilyn continues to transform her large painting of a table. Each iteration makes it more interesting.

Here is her painting a few weeks ago.

And the latest version.

I like the added value of the floor. I like the punched up color on the fruit and flowers and the table.

Unfortunately we can't yet see this in it''s true scale.











I have just a few suggestions:

1. Maybe give a the curtains a bit more curve and consider separating the one on the left from the candles and pulling the one on the right behind the flowers to to avoid tangencies with the edges of the flowers.
2. In Photoshop I added a light blue glaze to knock down the intensity of the orange tile. Though the darker value works, I think that the intensity of the orange pulls those shapes forward.
3. Maybe take the orange color off of the fruit sitting on the stool to separate it from the floor.
4. The edge of the planks on the table are out of the light and might be a little darker, though not as dark as on the right side.
5. This area on the table top may get an influence from the warm light but I would consider cooling the color back down and making it more subtle.

Or, Marilyn could be done. I think that it's looking sweet as is.




I'm looking forward to more spring paintings.