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Red, pink & White Flowers after Fantin-Latour is an Original oil on primed board by Contemporary artist Chris Kettle.Brighton based artist Chris Kettle is known for his 'New Still Life' paintings: inspired by the antique masters, Kettle has updated the traditional form, creating unexpected arrangements from obscure objects, and realising his explosive vision through a hyper-real aesthetic.Merging realism with abstraction, Red, Pink & White Flowers After Fantin-Latour depicts a simple, slender vase filled with blossoming flowers in ice-white, soft-pink, and scarlet. Recalling the aesthetic of the French Impressionist painter who gives his name to the title, 'Red, Pink & White Flowers After Fantin-Latour' plays with soft chiaroscuro, as the luminescent petals emerge from a deep, muddy background of earthy browns, which Kettle has built up with textured daubs and smudges. With its ghostly quality, the print evokes the past, while speaking to the contemporary moment with innovative style.
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Chris lives and works at his studio in Steyning, UK, and draws inspiration from the Old Masters when creating his Still Life artworks. We love the way he sheds new light on a traditional form of painting.
Chris lives and works at his studio in Steyning, UK, and draws inspiration from the Old Masters when creating his Still Life artworks. We love the way he sheds new light on a traditional form of painting.
He has said, “For the last couple of decades I have focused solely on Still Life painting. The paintings inhabit a mysterious world of their own with objects arranged on canvasses that are charged with light and drama to somehow channel emotion and universal feelings. I like the idea that my paintings are entertaining, and possess relatable aesthetic qualities alongside ambiguity and even at times a kind of humour. The absorbing challenge I face every time I pick up a brush and attempt to portray elements of the human spirit using the apparently inanimate, is one that that keeps me totally consumed.” Chris studied Fine Art at Cardiff Institute and has been a featured artist in a variety of group shows in Milan, New York, Miami, and London. Additionally, his artwork has appeared in solo exhibitions in Gstaad, Newcastle, and Brighton. We’ve been working with Chris Kettle since 2010.
We love the way Chris' artwork sheds new light on a traditional form of painting. The artist says of his favoured painting style: “for the last couple of decades I have focused solely on Still Life painting. The paintings inhabit a mysterious world of their own with objects arranged on canvases that are charged with light and drama to somehow channel emotion and universal feelings." Chris succeeds in revitalising a lost art form.
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AN INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS KETTLE We sat down with Chris Kettle to discuss his creative process, his fascination with still life paintings, and his intriguing print Mixed Flowers after Fantin Latour. AR: Where do you take your inspiration from? What/who are your biggest influences? Chris: I think inspiration is something we constantly search for, it’s ongoing and organic – it changes from day to day, year to year. My first big influence was the painter Euan Uglow, and still today his work inspires me, although you may not necessarily see it in my work. AR: Is there any particular artwork or artist ...
