A tribute to the painter's craft, where the tools of art become the subject itself.
A simple earthenware pot holding three brushes stands on a table, surrounded by the crumpled, used tubes of paint that brought the work into being. The entire surface is alive with thick, sculptural impasto; the artist uses a palette knife and energetic brushwork to build a world from pure, tactile pigment. This is a confident and honest still life, a celebration of the messy, material reality of the studio, where the potential of color and form lies scattered and ready.
Medium: Oil on canvas
Inscription on Front: Signed indistinctly lower right, possibly 'H. Dubronstan'.
Condition: Framed in a period silver and gilt wood frame. The painting is in excellent condition with a stable, heavily impastoed surface.
