'Pandora's Box', Narrative Still-Life Realism Oil Paintings by Paula Peacock

  

 'Pandora's Box' by Paula Peacock
Oil on Canvas, 16" x 20"

Love, love, love how this one turned out! This painting was years in the planning stages. Planning of the composition, the subject matter, do I include Pandora or not? How to depict the evils of the world? How to depict 'Hope'? In the end, I decided Pandora was overdone and in other paintings I found, Pandora always seemed to be depicted as an overly sexy sex object and a bit on the 'witchy' side. So, I decided to save Pandora the humiliation and let her take a rest from this rendition by painting only the 'box'. All the other elements fell into place after I found the perfect vessel. The apple is representative of Eve, another woman blamed for the woes of the world. But, that will be another story in another painting.

Here's a bit of what I call 'useless information that stuck in my brain for no apparent reason'. It really was NOT a box but a bowl. I guess they didn't do the box thing way back then. There was a misinterpretation of the word bowl to box in the 15th century and it has stuck for the last 500 years.

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"THE NARCISSISTS' MIRROR" Oil Paintings by Paula Peacock

The Narcissists' Mirror

28" x  34"

Oil on Canvas

by Paula Peacock

A wilted and almost dried up daffodil (scientific name narcissus) gazes into a tri-folding mirror and sees only himself as beautiful and all else (the purple tulip) surrounding him as not as perfect, beautiful or as delightful as he sees himself to be. When in reality, it is he who is ugly on the inside and outside because of his conceit. The dragonfly represents self delusion and the bubbles allude to the brevity of life.

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Abstract Landscape Painting "Coming Up for Air" by Contemporary Realism Artist Carol A. McIntyre

"Coming Up for Air," continues my exploration of celebrating air. As one who has spent a lot of time in the water and watched air bubbles scramble to the surface, this image developed in my mind's eye. Originally I titled this painting "Quiet Depths," but a long time friend suggested the current title and I found it more telling.

"Coming Up for Air" won the People's Choice Award at the Art Matters Gallery & Studio in Salida, CO in September 2011! It is a great honor to win this award.

 36"x24" Oil on Panel/Available

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"PAINTING MY PASSION: AN ARTIST'S JOURNEY WITH THE WOMEN OF THE WEST"

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Abstract Landscape Painting "Coming Up for Air" by Contemporary Realism Artist Carol A. McIntyre

"Coming Up for Air," continues my exploration of celebrating air. As one who has spent a lot of time in the water and watched air bubbles scramble to the surface, this image developed in my mind's eye. Originally I titled this painting "Quiet Depths," but a long time friend suggested the current title and I found it more telling.

"Coming Up for Air" won the People's Choice Award at the Art Matters Gallery & Studio in Salida, CO in September 2011! It is a great honor to win this award.

 36"x24" Oil on Panel/Available

To see "Coming Up for Air" in a living room setting, please visit this portfolio page.

Click HERE for pricing.

Commissions Welcome!!

Click HERE for a virtual tour of Carol's Colorado studio.

Click HERE to view a video of the progression of a commissioned painting.

Click HERE  to purchase Carol's Book:

"PAINTING MY PASSION: AN ARTIST'S JOURNEY WITH THE WOMEN OF THE WEST"

View more of my work at http://carolamcintyre.com

"See the Sea Anemones", 10.25"x5.5" original watercolor painting by Karla Nolan

Well, one might say I'm in uncharted waters!  I couldn't resist taking immense artistic license and stirring up the oceans, rivers, lakes, estuaries a bit -- I'm combining all water creatures in a few original watercolor paintings and am having a blast doing so.  The world is one big place and "they" say that the oceans are the new frontier!  (The lower picture is a close up....)

"See the Sea Anemones", 10.25"x5.5" original watercolor painting, $85

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