Still life 靜物

靜物

Still Life*

7/11/2021(updated w/addition in 1/2024)

* A still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural or human-made.  - Wikipedia

Harvest of the last autumn fruits from the backyard

盤中柿果

Preparation for a salad dish*

一道沙拉的準備動作

* salad was prepped and made by daughter courtesy: Cara

watercolor by Grace

A cuisinery delight

一道漂亮的甜點

A dessert dish with a colorful musical clef decoration on the plate

from an Euro-Asian restaurant in San Jose

一人獨酌茶具 

Tea service for one 

A Chinese clay teapot collection 

博古架上紫砂茶壺

+ 白色山茶花

Clay figurines from Claymaker Zhang in Tianjin, China

of Nursery rhyme “Pulling Turnip”

天津泥人張的「拔蘿蔔」泥人塑像

千禧年間在天津泥人張門市部購得

circ. 2000 

L.  A flower wall installation inside a restaurant in S. California 

R.  Two antique chairs inside an older tea house

左： 餐館牆上的紙雕裝置          右 : 老茶室中陳列的兩張古董椅

A little town in Orange County California                       Taipei, Taiwan

                                                                                                                                                                   

日本摺紙小盒

An origami paper box 

一家陶作坊的陳列架

Pottery items on display in a 

ceramic workshop

相框中兩只黃色銀杏葉 

Two freshly framed ginkgo leaves

三朶玫瑰

 Three dried roses

午後斜陽穿室 凋萎的三朶玫瑰

仿佛恢復了原來顏色

黃泥小水壺及燒水爐

A clay tea set illuminated by sunbeams coming 

from a side window at twilight time

一道斜陽光束繞進室中

黃泥小水壺及燒水爐* 現出明亮光影

*黃泥茶具出自香港茶藝人之手

千禧年間購於香港新界「春水堂」茶館     2003     

A few mixed display items 

幾件裝飾擺設

                    

Grace