Still Life - Harry Bartnick - Painting, Sculpture, Photography

"Still-life", as a painting category, applies here only in the broadest sense: An arrangement of stationary objects. In these paintings, the objects are presented in a larger or unusual setting, a minimal context, or no context at all.

A painting of used oil paint tubes in a box, on a large ground plane

Oil Paint Tubes, oil on board, image 21 1/4 x 28 1/4 inches, board 22 x 30

Detail of a painting of used oil paint tubes in a box, detail.

Oil Paint Tubes, DETAIL

A round painting of a square mirror on a table, on which is a small bowl, a yellow ribbon, and a pottery shard

Mirror, Ribbon, Bowl, Shard, oil on canvas mounted to panel, 33 inches diameter.

A painting of a cup, books, decorative canister, and desk lamp placed on a table. The lamp projects light upward, and down to the left. We see a house through a window at night.

Desk Lamp, acrylic on paper, ca. 18 x 24 inches, private collection

A painting of various toys on a porch, viewed from above, receiving and casting shadows.

Toys, oil on prepared paper, image 15 3/4 x 21 inches, paper size 17 x 22

Detail of a painting of various toys on a porch, viewed from above, receiving and casting shadows.

Toys, DETAIL

A long, horizontal painting of 3 rows of overlapping polychromatic towels, small pillows, and dishes.

Surfeit of Choices, acrylic on canvas mounted to birch panel, 5.5 x 31 inches

Detail of a long, horizontal painting of 3 rows of overlapping polychromatic towels, small pillows, and dishes.

Surfeit of Choices, DETAIL

A painting of an open garage, showing an arrangement of video monitors, a speaker, a hanging plant and a table.

Garage Sale Study, oil on prepared paper, ca. 12 x 18 inches

Garage Sale #1, oil on canvas, 22 x 38 inches, 23 x 39 with frame

A painting of an open garage, showing an arrangement of a video monitor, a speaker, cardboard box, a hanging plant and a table.

Garage Sale #2, acrylic on canvas, 25 x 42, 26 x 43 inches with frame

A painting of an open garage, showing an arrangement of a video monitor, a speaker, cardboard box, a hanging plant and a table. Detail.

Garage Sale #2, DETAIL

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Garage Sale, acrylic on paper mounted to board, 39 x 68 inches. Collection Suffolk University, Boston

A painting of an open garage, showing an arrangement of a video monitor, a speaker, cardboard box, a hanging plant, a table and a rolled-up rug. Detail

Garage Sale, DETAIL