No. 0012 La Palette de Faience (9"x11.75")

In the few weeks since my mother passed away, I haven't known what to do with myself and so I've been cleaning her beautiful house: washing the windows, rubbing down the furniture with orange oil, refolding the linens in the closet, and washing the heavy layers of dust off precariously piled up plates and bowls and putting them back in neat little stacks that help put my mind back in order too. 

I've done paintings of three of her china collections - Imari, Rose Canton, and French Faience - each it's own beautiful pottery traditions with coordinating patterns and traditional color palettes.

"La Palette de Faience" is based on the colors found in traditional French "faience" ("pottery") from the 18th and 19th centuries. Each region has it's particular pattern, but the colors are similar throughout, with a natural cream glaze base, rustic browns, country blues, garden greens, cheerful yellows, and, in places, a ruddy rose pink.

Oil paint and graphite on wood board in a vintage black wood frame.