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J E A N N E I L L E N Y E Still Life Artist
C A P T U R I N G N A T U R E ' S T R A N S I E N T B E A U T Y
“Trifles make perfection but perfection itself is no trifle.” — Michaelangelo
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It is the common things that are most often taken for
granted -- the fruit and flowers of our daily
sustenance -- nourishment for body and soul,
respectively. These are delicate and fleeting gifts.
Through my work, I elicit a greater appreciation
for their beauty by elevating them to the forefront of
the observer’s attention. While my paintings isolate a
particular moment in time, it is through the details --
a browning, torn leaf, the curling of a dried petal, a
broken stem, bruised fruit, dewdrops -- that I evoke a
sense of transience in Nature’s beauty. I take the
observer through many phases of growth from bud to
blossom, ripening fruit to withering vine -- life and
death and ultimately, rebirth of spirit, for within this
beauty we find comfort and peace.
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