Standing Still:

Moments of Meditation and presence with still life paintings by Monica HOkeilen

(click on each image to learn more about that painting)

The Yorick On Our Wall

16"x20" oil on canvas

sold

You Once Lived Near Where I Once Lived

20"x20" oil on canvas

$1000

Love is Messy (Copy)

10”x10” oil on canvas framed in natural pine to 12”x12”

$250

Missing Life in the Sunlight (Copy)

10”x10” oil on canvas framed in natural pine to 12”x12”

sold

Orange Mums (Copy)

8”x10” oil on canvas, unframed

$175

Capricious Carnations (Copy)

10”x10” oil on canvas

sold

Sunflowers (Copy)

10”x10” oil on canvas, unframed

$200

Comparing Their Time With Water (Copy)

12”x12” oil on canvas, unframed

$300

Yellow Alstroemeria (Copy)

10”x10” oil on canvas

sold

All Dressed Up (Copy)

10”x10” oil on canvas framed in natural pine to 12”x12”

sold

Flowers for Degas (Copy)

12”x12” oil on canvas

$300

Orange Bouquet (Copy)

10”x10” oil on canvas framed in natural pine to 12”x12”

sold

Artist Statement for Moments of Stillness:

Sometimes I need to pause, to stand still. My still life paintings represent these moments of meditation and self-reflection, of being present in this moment, in this brain, in this breath. Painting from a 3D object and not from a photo of a place I once experienced, carefully adding light to shine on the object and create shadow, dramatic or diffuse, the composition done before I ever start painting – this lets me dig in deeper to the details of my composition.

Next, view my What Lies Beyond Collection of space-related paintings or my Down To Earth Collection of wildlife and landscape paintings.

You can see my art at SYNC Gallery in Denver’s Santa Fe Arts District, at the Falcon Review Gallery inside 32nd Ave Books, Toys, and Gifts in the Highlands Square neighborhood of Denver, and at various group exhibits throughout the year. Learn more about me on my About page and Blog. And follow me on Instagram and Facebook @HokeilenArt to hear the latest about me and my art.