Laraine Armenti

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Book Review

February 8, 2009 by Laraine Armenti, visual artist

Still Life with Oysters and Lemon by Mark Doty, Beacon Press, 2001 A personal narrative about art, love, life and loss that is equal parts poetry and philosophy. In "Still Life with Oysters and Lemon", a small 17th century Dutch painting by Jan Davidsz de Heem is the catalyst for Mark Doty’s illuminating meditation on intimacy. His layered contemplation of the still life’s ordinary subject — … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Oil, Painting, Still-life Indoor, Writing / Poetry Tagged With: banana, lemon, mark doty, teapot

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