PAUL STONE | Arrangement With Figs and Quinces
Oil on Canvasboard
24 x 37 cms / 9½ x 14½ inches
Signed 'Stone' (lower right)
A contemplative still life by Paul Stone, Arrangement with Figs and Quinces centres on a woven basket brimming with golden quinces, set against a quiet wooden backdrop. The fruit’s mellow tones are beautifully offset by the deep purples and greens of the figs arranged nearby, creating a gentle balance of colour and form. Stone’s meticulous brushwork captures the subtle textures of skin, cloth and wicker, offering a serene study in harmony, simplicity, and the quiet richness of everyday objects.
“At the core of my paintings is the search for a precision of focus on the formal properties of objects that have an everyday, almost unremarkable presence in our lives. This results in a familiar and nostalgic content, and for me a more intimate relationship with their representation.
While the work displays a high sense of realism, particularly in reproduction, it is important to me that the works are still essentially a personal interpretation of form and composition, and therefore not lose that sense of being a painting. The excitement of being an artist for me lies both in the process of physically using paint to transform, and a sense of achievement in completing the work”.
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