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Alone on the Ledge
The same glass placed alone and frontal on a bare ledge against an absolute black void, raked hard from the left.
How this was made
This piece began with a photograph and a written instruction. Both are kept, so the record is complete rather than flattering.
THE PROMPT AND THE SETTINGS
PROMPT
POSITIVE: Repaint this still life as a Francisco de Zurbaran Spanish bodegon, c. 1635. A single tall glass of pale amber liquid with two cucumber slices, placed alone and frontally on a bare, plain stone ledge that runs straight across the picture. Remove all clutter, cloth and texture from the setting: nothing but the object, the ledge and an empty, absolutely black void behind. Harsh raking light from the left carves the glass into sharp lit and shadowed halves, casting a hard defined shadow along the ledge. Severe, austere, geometric placement, monumental stillness and silence. Restrained palette of pale amber, cool green, stone grey and deep black. Smooth precise oil handling on canvas, sculptural solidity, sacramental and reverent gravity, tenebrist contrast, aged varnish. NEGATIVE: (none)
SETTINGS
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NOTE
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