Pumpkin Trio

Three pumpkins on a shelf - and all the warmth of a Suffolk autumn

This painting was made in the studio last autumn, when the season had fully arrived and the urge to paint it was impossible to resist. Three pumpkins - one small and deeply orange, one striped and architectural, one somewhere between the two - arranged on a wooden shelf and lit by a single light source that rakes across their surfaces and reveals every ridge, every curve, every variation in colour.

It is the first in a series of three chiaroscuro pumpkin paintings, each a slightly different arrangement of the same subjects - an exploration of how light and composition can transform the same objects into something entirely new. Painted in the tradition of Caravaggio and Rembrandt, and developed following an online study with David A. Leffel, one of the foremost living painters in the classical realist tradition.

Suffolk autumns have a particular quality - the light changes, the colours deepen, and the studio fills with the kind of subjects that have been painted for centuries for very good reason.

About this original artwork

• One of a kind - this is a unique, original painting. Once it's gone, it's gone
• Depicts three pumpkins on a wooden shelf - painted in the classical chiaroscuro tradition
• Part one of a series of three - each painting a different arrangement of the same subjects
• Medium: Oil on hardboard - sealed, primed and prepared for oil painting at the studio
• Size: 25.5 x 30.5 cm (10 x 12 inches) - supplied unframed
• Signed by the artist
• Supplied with a Certificate of Authenticity

Collecting original art

Owning an original painting means owning something no one else in the world has. This piece was painted entirely by hand by Marta Stolarska - every ridge of every pumpkin observed with patience, every shift of light across the shelf considered with care. It arrives ready to frame and treasure.

Three pumpkins, one light, and the particular pleasure of a Suffolk autumn in the studio.