Lila Price - Paintings

These paintings were initially inspired by Paul Cezanne’s landscape painting. He is an artist I have long been motivated by. You can see the influence of his 'mark making' mainly in Kotuku and Landscape. I used Shellac (old fashioned varnish) in these works. I like the warm feeling it generates and the subtle impression of old worldliness the substance evokes.

These paintings, like the others I am selling, are an extension of the photographic work I started in 2008.

Theearly 20^th century work of Paul Cezanne, is often attributed as having been the starting point of Modern Art. His still-life painting was from life and took many hours. He intended to show a variety of viewpoints in the one image and painted more of what he wanted to portray rather than what he saw. I love the colours and the simplicity of his work.

Trois Pommes Et Une Serviette (after Paul Cezanne), 2009.

This painting is quite big and I painted the objects from life. The apples and serviette were on my dining table for about a week, no one was allowed to move them.

Fruit Dans Une Grande Terrine (after Cezanne) and Quatre Fruit Dans Une Terrine (after Paul Cezanne), 2009.

Again, these paintings are a ‘take’ on a famous painting by Cezanne.