Brenda Runnegar

Still Life

Domestica

The series titled Domestica are to be exhibited at Stefanos’ Gallery 25 in Mildura from 9-27 June 2011. My aim with the work is to reactivate traditional themes and to personalise and modernize this inherited iconography and intensify its expressive content.

Two eggs
(2011)
oil on linen
46 x 36cm

Blue table
(2011)
oil on canvas
36 x 46cm

Strawberries
(2011)
oil on linen
31 x 25.5cm

Four figs
(2011)
oil on linen
30 x 30cm

Aubergines
(2011)
oil on linen
30 x 30cm

Fish heads
(2011)
oil on linen
25.5 x 31cm

Suckling pigs
(2011)
oil on linen
30 x 40cm

Cabbage
(2011)
oil on linen
30 x 40cm

Chook
(2011)
oil on linen
46 x 36cm

Still life
(2011)
oil on canvas
36 x 46cm

Melon
(2011)
oil on canvas
36 x 46cm

Fish mould
(2011)
oil on canvas
36 x 46cm

Pumpkins
(2011)
oil on canvas
36 x 46cm

Picasso vase
(2011)
oil on canvas
36 x 46cm

Three vases
(2011)
oil on linen
46 x 91cm

Potted cactus series:

This series, on cactus and succulent flowers, was completed for inclusion in a group exhibition at the Brenda May Gallery in Sydney. The work highlights the sometimes sinister looking plant, which contrasts to the delicate prettiness of the flowers.

Three reds
(2009)
oil on canvas
46 x 46cm

Canberra The Lithops
(2009)
oil on canvas
46 x 46cm

A good pair
(2009)
oil on canvas
46 x 46cm

Mixed bunch
(2009)
oil on canvas
46 x 46cm

Cactus still life
(2007)
oil on canvas
40 x 40cm

Still Life Themes

My aim with these works was to explore commonplace subject matter and by reactivating traditional themes and personalizing this inherited iconography I would intensify its expressive content.