W.C. Nowell
Original Oil " Daisies and Cherries " 11 x 13
Original Oil " Fruit in Silver " 10 x 16
Original Oil " Minneolas in Silver " 8 x 10
Original Oil " Minneolas " 6 x 8
Original Oil " Pears in a Basket " 7 x 9
Original Oil " Lemons and Strawberries " 20 x 24
Original Oil " Plum and Pottery " 9 x 12
Original Oil " Plum Pyramid " 9 x 12
Original Oil " Red Pear Duet " 20 x 24
Original Oil " Lemon Blues" 9 x 12
Original Oil " Burgundy" 11 x 12
Original Oil " Pair of Plums " 6 x 8
Original Oil " Pepper and Garlic " 6 x 8
Original Oil " Barletts & Walnuts " 8 x 10
Original Oil " Bosc & Grapes " 10 x 14
Original Oil " Cherries & Cala Lily's " 12 x 20
Original Oil " Forever Lovely " 12 x 14
Original Oil " The Patriot " 15 x 18
Original Oil " Pears in Brass " 10 x 16
Original Oil " Bowl of Fruit " 13 x 15
Original Oil " Cobalt and Clementines " 11 X 12
Original Oil " Tea Party " 15 X 22
Original Oil " Orchid in Ruby " 8 X 10
Original Oil " Oriental Pear and Cherries " 8 X 10
Original Oil " Pear, Plum and Raspberry " 8 X 10
Original "A Bosc Pear" 6 x 8
Original "Fruit on a Folk Box" 20 x 20
Original "Three Pears" 14 x 16
Original Oil "Bread and Wine" 9 x 12
Original Oil "Pear and Plums" 8 x 10
Original Oil "Pewter Teapot" 15 x 23
W.C. Nowell, a well known still life specialist, began his artistic training at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston before pursuing an apprenticeship with the Boston School artists. For four years Nowell engaged in the kind of academic training that has passed down from French 19th century painters such as Edgar Degas and Jean-Leon Gerome. Following his apprenticeship, Nowell spent a summer refining his considerable talent with New Hampshire still life artist Sidney Willis. It was Willis who taught Nowell a more contemporary outlook toward color and composition.
All of Nowell's still life work is done directly from life. He carefully considers the objects he will use and the arrangement of these objects prior to ever touching the canvas. When asked to describe his work, Nowell says,
"I think of my work as an idealized realism.
My paintings are a careful balance between what I see in nature and what I choose to bring them from my own aesthetic sensibilities."
Sheldon Fine Art, 59 America's Cup Avenue, Newport R.I. 02840
