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Unread 07-11-2020, 01:16 PM   #1
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A still life...

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really nice...I have the same boxes on display too...I reall like old shell boxes...with out shells what good is a gun.....charlie
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A still life...



In the style of the impressionistic school.





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It makes a very good impression on me.

Save for the flying duck on the Peters shell box, doesn't "still life" mean a depiction of organic objects?
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Very nice! Watercolor, I presume. Not any easy medium, so even more impressive.
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Is that an image done by hand, or one of the many digital image handling filters?
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Oh come on now. You know a magician or an artist never gives up his secrets .
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It ain't a secret now... (Just like a sculptor!)
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