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Monthly Archives: October 2020

New Painting – Hot Chocolate

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Brett Humphries


This was a very challenging still life to do, due to the very short time that the ‘hot chocolate’ looked like this. Within minutes that cream on top is changing and sinking into the glass. It is doing subjects

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New Painting – Coffee & Ginger Biscuits

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Brett Humphries


This still life is all about the contrast between those crumbly ginger biscuits and the super smooth finish of the coffee cup. Sometimes having two very different objects side by side is all that’s needed to make a

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New Painting – Cinnamon Cupcake

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Brett Humphries


This is the last of my three cupcake paintings. I would say this was the hardest one to paint because of that creamy coloured buttercream. There was no margin for error with that cream. If it was too dark it would

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New Painting – Nectarines & Blue Bowl

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Brett Humphries


I found this beautiful blue bowl with a subtle pattern on it. I needed some fruit that contrasted and complimented the bowl. I think I have achieved it by choosing Nectarines. There is a lovely fine fuzz on the fruit

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New Painting – Conkers

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Brett Humphries


This painting of conkers is a study of form and light. I love how the light catches the tops of the conkers and helps to highlight all that structural detail. Who would have thought conkers could

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New Painting – Cheese & Red Wine

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Brett Humphries


This is a classic composition featuring cheese and red wine. For this painting I wanted to give the impression that the glass is emerging out of the background, this was to create the illusion of spatial distance

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New Painting – Decanter & Fine Cheese

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Brett Humphries


This is the biggest painting from the 2020 Catto exhibition. It is in fact the biggest still life that I have done to date. The main challenge of such a large composition is finding a home for everything

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New Painting – Farmhouse Ploughmans

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Brett Humphries


I had the idea for this painting for quite some time and was finally able to group the right kind of objects together. I can just imagine a farmer coming in from a hard morning’s work and tucking in to this meal.

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New Painting – Olive Oil

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Brett Humphries


One of the things I love to paint is olives. For this painting I wanted to pair an olive oil bottle with the olives and keep the composition nice and simple. I hope you like the end result!

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New Painting – Raspberry Cupcake

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Brett Humphries


This is the second of my three cupcake paintings. It has a different colour scheme but follows the same composition structure as the others. I really enjoyed painting that pink buttercream,

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New Painting – Cherries in a White Bowl

Posted on October 22, 2020 by Brett Humphries


I sourced this bowl from Australia, I new what I wanted but was struggling to find it in my normal places. I love that I can incorporate other craftsman’s work into my paintings! I used the white of the bowl

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New Painting – Chocolate Cupcake

Posted on October 17, 2020 by Brett Humphries


I have always fancied painting Cupcakes because of all the intricate detail they have. I have painted 3 different style cupcakes for my 2020 Exhibition and they are all individual, but also very similar

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New Painting – Fruit Bowl

Posted on October 17, 2020 by Brett Humphries


I have wanted to do a contemporary looking fruit bowl still life for some time but hadn’t found the right bowl to use. However, the clean simple lines of this fruit bowl was exactly what I was looking for.

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New Painting – Cheese & Rose Wine

Posted on October 17, 2020 by Brett Humphries


I had a lot of fun picking out the cheeses for my latest exhibition. This is the first of three cheese and wine paintings and in order to choose the best cheeses I spent an hour in a fridge.  There were

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