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Figure And Ground Relationship: Suzanne and Michelle (detail)

Suzanne, Michelle and the Figure/Ground Relationship

Leave a Comment / Musings About John / By Peggy Stermer-Cox

The figure and ground relationship is about how the background relates to the main subject. Greetings! Just Thinking. Recently, I’ve been studying the “figure/ground” relationship. That is how the “ground”, such as the background and foreground, relates to the “figure” or subject. Example Of Figure/Ground Relationship. And, lo and behold, this painting of my siblings […]

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Still Life Painting: “Plant In A Clay Pot”

Introducing A Favorite Still Life. Greetings! I’d like to share with you a John Stermer still life painting. Titled “Plant In A Clay Pot”, this is another favorite. Just a pause here for full disclosure, I have many favorites; it comes with being one of the artist’s daughters. Incidentally, there are some compositional notes