John and I like to wander the paddocks of Struan Farm on a nice day when time permits. It's relaxing, plus it's good to keep on top of what's fallen down/over, encroaching weeds, etc. Walking in the Pet Paddock recently we came across these beautiful horse chestnuts and huge, fallen sycamore leaves.
I scooped some up, announcing they'd make a great "still life." Only problem was that John wasn't familiar with this term, had never heard it before. Are you? I'm now wondering if perhaps only those people who have studied art history or art know this. A "still life" is a work of art depicting an arrangement of objects. Still life painting emerged as a genre in western art in the late 16th century, but has origins dating back to Greco Roman times.
Yet another one of the many times I say thanks to Smith College Art 100.
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