Still Life

I'm ill. I'm producing gross amounts of slime (where does it come from?). I have what feels like a pineapple in my throat, frantically trying to escape through my ears. I should be in quarantine. I probably have the plague. Ok, probably not. I have piled at least two wooly blankets on me and surrounded myself (within arms reach) with items I feel will make life less painful. I then thought maybe it would be a good opportunity to try a still life with all my paraphernalia.

I've always admired those amazing and ridiculously detailed 17th century Dutch still life painting. I'm not a big paintings person, but these still lifes (lives?) have always caught my eye. I've never really thought about how much effort it would take to create a scene to capture. I guess usually a scene is presented in front of you, you capture it, you move on to the next scene. It's pretty spontaneous. In this case you have to create your own. I found it really hard. Mainly because I didn't have a spare skull or lobster lying around to add that needed dramatic effect. I do have bananas though. I didn't put one in. I only just thought about it. But I did use an orange. Anyway, I now have an added respect for these artists who somehow managed to put a scene together, but made it look natural. I imagine window dressers have similar issues.

I couldn't stop sneezing in order to get a decent photograph so it might be slightly off centre or crooked. But really I don't even care. I just want the pineapple to stop stabbing me.