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| "It's like being inside a dream or something." ** |
How would you describe the image in this frame (pictured at left)?
Soft-focus Floridian?
Dreamy patio?
Terra-cotta tropicalish?
Whatever the name, the style is not really in tune with the rest of the random assortment of objects and paint colors that together comprise our 'decor.'
But how could I resist the lure of a large free frame?
Black and gold plastic might not sound appealing, but it was lightweight and large enough that I brought it home last year thinking I could use it to frame a large silk scarf.
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| Detail of the frame corner |
The odd white line of t-shirt material around the edge was part of the scarf-framing effort. That project hung up on the wall for a while, but wasn't quite right in the end. The scarf came out, and the original print was revealed again. Since starting the blog I've become more conscious of the usefulness of photographing things at every stage of the process, so here you have it. But the question remained, what would look appropriate inside this rather ornately conceived frame? How about something inspired by a time when ornate abundance was the height of style?
Enter Caravaggio!
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| Still Life With Fruit, dated from 1601-1605. Caravaggio. |
Creative Roommate was feeling baroque when she used a piece of large paper (part of a stack of art supplies left by a former roommate) to paint this freestyle homage to Caravaggio's Still Life With Fruit.
Fit for a papal palace perhaps, but we have it on the porch.
**For all of you film buffs out there, congratulations if you correctly identified that quote as being from the movie Titanic. The character of Rose (Kate Winslet) says it while looking at some of her impressionist and modern paintings early on in the story.