White Roses with Onion

Clark Hulings was as revered for his roses as much as he was for his donkeys. This lovely still life shows us why.

This classic Hulings Still life has it all: flat lighting to "delineate the subtle values of the petal," as Clark put it himself, and plenty of texture and loose brush strokes in the background juxtaposed against very detailed work on the Chinese porcelain box resting on the right. The onion and stray branch are a mini-composition all their own that fit perfectly within the larger picture.