Still Life | Jim Serrett

• Silver Bowl with Lemons

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• The Red Cloth

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14. The Red Cloth I did battle with the inner critic over several elements in this painting. Once I realized I was struggling because I had lost focus on the idea of the painting. Everything fell into p…

• Bread and Cheese

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14. The image of bread has been a fascination lately, absorbed in painting textures and pattern. “A piece of cheese, a crust of bread. An empty pillow to rest my head.” Bread and Cheese, oil on panel, 1…

• Jellybean Jam

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10. The checkered jam jar had caught my attention, and I knew I wanted to paint it. A bag of colorful jellybeans turned up creating the perfect match. Life is sweet. Jellybean Jam, oil on panel, 8 x10 in…

• Red White Blue

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• Grapes in Silver Bowl

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14. One paintings ending opens the door to another paintings beginning. And so, it goes.What a silly idea that a painting is ever finished. -Progress shots, drawing, first pass, second pass, finish work…

• Keepers

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 9

• Silver Bowl with Pears

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10. The silver bowl had several value variations with subtle temperature changes. I used warm and cool color strings of grays working back and forth between the two to model the form and state the reflec…

• Silver Bowl Apples

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• Pickle Jar

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8. I watched a documentary last night about how pickles are made. It was jarring. - Pickle Jar, oil on panel, 8x10 inches, Jim Serrett - Framed

• Button Jar

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8. Who has a button jar? I often wonder about the folklore of this button collection, accumulated over the years from parents and grandparents. Sifting through an old button jar can offer a wealth of me…

• Marbles and Bottles

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8. I seem to paint a lot of bottles. A friend recently asked me why? I see a still life as a visual meditation, and glass can be a mental challenge in that you must decide what is effective and what is…

• Wild Turkey

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8. It is a very abstract subject to paint, the effect of refracted light through the melting ice, Bourbon and glass are gratifying objects to depict. You get to play with the medium, manipulating the be…

• Rubiks Cube

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8. “If you are curious, you’ll find the puzzles around you. If you are determined, you will solve them."-Erno Rubik

• Bulliet and a Shot

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 9. Work in progress, on the easel my latest efforts. Cheers! Bulliet and a Shot, oil on panel, 10 x 8 inches

• Pear, Bottle and Speckled Rock

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8

• Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe,

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• Bottle Collection II

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• Bottle Collection

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• Bottle Collection III

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• The Reluctant Gardner

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• Wood Poppy

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8

• Back-eyed Susan

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8

• Boxwood and Blue

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8

• Japanese Anemone in Antique Bottle

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 9

• Woodland Phlox

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8

• Spring Flowers

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8

• Feathers in Vase

  Oil, Panel, 14 x 11

• Feather and Egg

  Oil, Panel, 9 x 12

• Honey Bear

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8

• Buddha Baby

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8

• Bottles and Pomegranate

  Glass, Panel, 8 x 10

• Green Apple

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10. "The shortest distance between two points is a straight line." Archimedes Painting from observation allows me to have a dialogue with my subject, what may be a simple apple to some is an entire conve…

• Three Wise Men

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• Red, Yellow, Green

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• Three Pears

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• Duct Tape Banana or (Ce n'est pas une banane)

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8. Inspired by the Maurizio Cattelan’s “Banana” at Art Basel and “The Treachery of Images” a 1929 painting by surrealist painter René Magritte, also known as This is Not a Pipe. - I laughed at the Lorax…

• Black Grapes

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8

• Bunch of Grapes

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 9

• Vase of Grapes

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14

• Japanese Teapot with Chopsticks

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8. This little teapot has been around for so long I am not sure where it originally came from, really like the hammered aluminum surface and it has been in a couple of paintings. The chopsticks just see…

• Japanese Teapot

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8

• Teapot on Mayer's Handbook

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 9

• Teapot and Teaball

  Oil, Canvas, 12 x 9

• Copper Pot

  Oil, Canvas, 11 x 14

• Moka Pot

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8. I have painted and drawn this pot a few times, I love the iconic design and a great cup of coffee.

• Coffee with Rothko

  Oil, Panel, 12 x 16

• Short and Stout

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• Jigsaw

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10. This jig saw belonged to my wife's father, I love the industrial look and I am amazed at the incredible power of the motor, 50 years later and I could probably cut a car in two with it. Fun painting…

• Craftsman

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14. “He who works with his hands is a laborer.He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman.He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.” ― St. Francis of Assisi-Crafts…

• Vanitas I - The Death of Superman

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14 x 1. This piece is framed in a Black Satin Wood Frame It is painted on a 11 x 14 inches (30 x 36 cm) professional/archival canvas panel. The wood frame dimensions are 17 x 20 inches (43 x 51 cm) As t…

• Vanitas II - Etiquette

  Oil, Panel, 11 x 14. This piece is framed in a Black Satin Wood Frame It is painted on a 11 x 14 inches (30 x 36 cm) professional/archival canvas panel. The wood frame dimensions are 17 x 20 inches (43 x 51 cm) Vanitas…

• Silver Cup, Egg and Bottle

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8

• Two Bulbs

  Oil, Panel, 8 x 10

• Rock and Feather

  Oil, Panel, 10 x 8