After the painting workshop I attended in March with Colin Page, I had been thinking about tackling complicated still life set ups like those we did in that workshop. The picnic we had reminded me of that kind of composition -- we had peaches, pate, cheese en croute, wine, bread, saucisson, frais du bois, and bright red plates. We used the paper bags from our purchases to cover the dark wood picnic table. And somehow, the casual arrangement of a picnic for 4 spread those items in a pretty pleasing arrangement.
