Black Chair with Drapery / by Joe Olney

Black Chair with Drapery oil on masonite 5.5x10.5 $120

I'm not sure exactly why I'm so interested in chairs these days, but they make for fine still life subjects. I worked on this one after taking a look at a bunch of Degas paintings. His interiors have so much open space, especially his paintings of ballerinas practicing in studios. I never really noticed that before, and so I wanted to make a painting that viewed a subject from as far away as I could get. So I cleared a path in my studio and got to work.