This intimate still life depicting water with two figs contains a unique sense of solitude and peacefulnessthat is quite seductive in nature. The sensitivepaint handling and warm and cool tonal variationsintroduce a beautiful atmospheric quality. Theevocative asymmetrical composition strikes the eyeand then seduces the mind to look beyond, forcing one to consider what may exist outside of the picture plane. The artist presents a masterful mystery through his uncanny power of suggestion.The luminous painting possesses a subtle sense of light, shadow and texture that is truly naturalistic. It's painted on a 5-1/4" x 4-1/2" prepared panel, in muted, Indian red, green, umber, blue, and charcoal gray with select tiny spots of white for the highlights! The painting has been photographed in natural light, and adjusted to appear as close as possible to the original.

Duane Keiser was born in 1966. He studied at Randolph-Macon College under Raymond Berry, and at Brooklyn College under Lennart Anderson. He has had many solo exhibitions, including three at Fischbach Gallery in NYC, and has been included in group shows at Allan Stone Gallery, NYC. He is credited in USA Today and the New York Times with starting the internationally recognized “A Painting a Day” movement in 2004. His work is in over a dozen corporate collections and hundreds of private collections all over the world. He currently lives and works in Richmond, Virginia.

Keiser's work evokes the big picture we call art history, and contains aesthetic elements thatare akin to such artists as 17th century Spanishpainter, Diego Velázquez, and 19th century painter Edgar Degas. Duane Keiser is viewedby many as one of the finest naturalist paintersliving today, and is often referred to as "a painter's painter."