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ArtistA jumbled pile of rejected jack-o'-lanterns piled up against the weathered wooden back wall of an outdoor market stall on a cold November 1 morning, viewed extremely close up. The jack-o'-lanterns all have some kind of damage: mold, cracks, spots, some are split in half. The atmosphere of the farmer's market is autumnal, warm and inviting; the lighting is direct, bright, and natural, highlighting the extremely ornate, intricate details of the moldy, cracked jack-o'-lanterns. Still life rendered full-screen, sunlit, sharp-focus, macro-view, very close-up and in watercolor. The still life is painted completely and all the way to the edges of the paper. The jack-o'-lanterns are lovingly, deftly and painstakingly rendered in diaphanous watercolor with extreme, ornate, exquisite detail, with some outline details highlighted in pen-and-ink, like a biology illustration. Prize-winning biology illustration in a style reminiscent of Simonetta Occhipinti, Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Jakob Demus, Hildegard Könighofer and Margareta Pertl as well as Siobhan Larkin. Museum-quality aquarelle sketch on heavy handmade rag paper.
A towering pile of intricately carved jack-o'-lanterns, each with unique expressions, rests against a rustic wooden backdrop on the day after Halloween.