“Richard E. Miller’s Tea-Time, an elegant and sumptuous work, exemplifies the artist’s celebrated, luminous images of young women in luxurious interiors that often open to gardens. A decorative painting in the Impressionist style, Tea-Time demonstrates Miller’s mastery of brushwork and color to produce a richly textured canvas. Miller executed this work around 1914 while living in the French countryside with a circle of American painters, called the Giverny Group…Although Tea-Time is representational, the emphasis on color, texture and light reveals Miller’s Modernist interest in structure over subject. Miller plays with paint in Tea-Time to create a dazzling and textured surface rather than purely descriptive forms. The sheen of the green neckline of the dress highlights and colors the woman’s neck, while the yellow tones of the parasol cast a golden glow on her face. Although the painting has detailed elements, such as the woman’s contemplative face and delicate hands, the canvas is primarily composed of visible strokes and patches of paint that leave “floating flecks of color, many independent of literal description.” (A Bright Oasis: The Paintings of Richard E Miller, p. 33)
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That parasol just does it 👌
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Yes! 😎❤️
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It never gets old.
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Truly…never! 🙂🌺
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Beautiful painting as well as music. Thank you!
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My pleasure, always, Sheila! 🙂🌺
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Beautiful Art
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🙂🌺🙏
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Isn’t this lovely!
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I am happy you enjoy this, Mitzy. 🙂🌺
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The painting reflects back to a time when women could actually contemplate the day over a cup of tea.
If only we could discipline ourselves to do that today!
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If only!!! Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Dee. 🙂☕️
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Two equally brilliant compositions.
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Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Vivienne. 🙂
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