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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 544942, member: 5833"]Welcome, Lisa Sadie. I don't think 'still life' is really the way to characterize it - it's far from still! More allegorical/mystical/alchemical. You have a poor soul (literally) fleeing down a strai(gh)t & narrow road from a clear representation of evil intent on catching him, all emerging from an elaborate - expensive - chalice-like vessel. I can't see the candlestick well, but there's more in the same vein going on there, I think. What is the small pocket instrument: watch, compass, lens? The Chinese bowl also evokes the mysteries of the East. All in all, Dr. Faust's study. Signature is another mystery. I like it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 544942, member: 5833"]Welcome, Lisa Sadie. I don't think 'still life' is really the way to characterize it - it's far from still! More allegorical/mystical/alchemical. You have a poor soul (literally) fleeing down a strai(gh)t & narrow road from a clear representation of evil intent on catching him, all emerging from an elaborate - expensive - chalice-like vessel. I can't see the candlestick well, but there's more in the same vein going on there, I think. What is the small pocket instrument: watch, compass, lens? The Chinese bowl also evokes the mysteries of the East. All in all, Dr. Faust's study. Signature is another mystery. I like it. :)[/QUOTE]
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