Elgin II DIner Still Life : Vicini

"Elgin II"
16" x 20"
Oil on Linen
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Diner Still Life

Oil on canvas.
21" x 27"

"Linda's Diner"

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Big Boy Still Life! Vic Vicini

"Oh Boy!"

12" x 12"

Oil on canvas

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Elgin Diner Still Life - Vicini

"Elgin"
20" x 20" Oil on Canvas

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Diner Oil Still Life Painting on Canvas

Oil still life.

12" x 12"

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Creamer and Sugar Dispenser - Diner Scene

Ketchup and Dispenser Still Life- Diner Panting

Large Diner painting - 20" x 24" oil on canvas.

Pancake Painting-Commissioned For Diner

This large painting (16" x 20") was a commissioned piece I did for a very nice client who will be opening a Diner in a few month. I have been commissioned to paint four paintings for her. This is the first. Once the paintings have been completed I hope to post some pictures from the Diner. The Diner will be located in Bryant, Arkansas (which is located outside of Little Rock). It will serve home cooked meals with a retro atmosphere. Once the Diner is opened I will write more about it...stay tuned.

Diner Table Still Life

I really enjoy these classical Diner table scenes. There is so much history in this type of still life. The traditional American landscape of cafe's and Diners will never get old to me.

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Ketchup Still Life - Wasp Sting Tale

This weekend I was happily painting my little still life (well this one is large compared to many other paintings -16" 20") when I decided to walk out on my deck for a break. It was a beautiful Friday. I was standing on my deck overlooking the woods behind my house when I saw a wasp buzzing around my arm. I decided to play it cool and not move. I thought, heck I'm always working in my yard and shade garden and have never been bothered by them. However, this time it was different. There I was, standing with hands on my hip with my apron on when all of a sudden BAM! I got stung in the arm. Son of a gun- he got me ! I was so mad. My wife mad same recipe using meat tenderizer that help. I decided to go back and paint and after several hours it seemed to be better. I went to bed that night and all was fine. The next day, I looked at my sting and it had a little pimple like head on the wound. I thought that I had got the stinger out the previous day. So, I decided to try to relieve the pressure on the would. SO I pop it. Mistake ! What I did was release the venom into my system and down my arm. No I have a red slightly puffy wound driving me nits. I really messed up. Oh well, that is my tale and what I had to go through to paint this still life. Being an artist is a hard life - stinger and all.


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This still life of a ketchup bottle (which I bought from ebay) and a salt shaker and creamer is a classic Diner / Kitchen style still life. I played with the reflections and highlights and created a sort of somber quiet scene. Hope you enjoy it.

Original Still Life Sugar Dispenser Painting

This still life of a sugar dispenser was part of my small series of Diner subjects. I've painted a series of these styles paintings throughout the past few months and had put this painting aside. I decided to finally finish it and complete the series.






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Diner Art Still Life Painting

It has been awhile since I've painted one of my favorite subjects - Diner scenes. This complex composition consist of just about everything you can think of in a Diner painting. I used a dark background to highlight the chrome and the glass.

Retro Diner & Sign - Large 24" x 30"

This painting is very different from many of my other peices. For one thing, it is gigantic compared to many of my current paintings. I felt like getting a little risky and paint a little more freer with a larger canvas. Call me crazy ! This particular painting of a Diner is a stylish view of one of many great American Diners throughout the country.

I rarely paint in such large scale but I thought that this type of subject matter required a large platform. I found the painting allowed me to more expressive. I really am not a large canvas painter and still really enjoy the small intimate paintings that I have been doing for 5 years now. I must say that my eyes appreciate the break from the close tight detail paintings. I guess I will occassionally continue to paint larger but I think that the time that is required to paint such a large scale can be costly.

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Pitcher with Lemon Water - Still Life

My wife is on a kick of drinking a pitcher of lemon water a day. Not only is it good for her, but it keeps her active going to the rest room every half hour. (lol)

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I really enjoy the distortion of the lemon in this painting. The light and distortion from the glass creates a fascinating and almost abstract image.

Animal Crackers and Milk Still Life

My wife and I went antique shopping when we came across a small number of vintage canisters such as this one of an animal cracker container. I have to admit, I like to eat animal crackers with my oatmeal for breakfast - I guess something's you never out grow.

Chrome Retro Blender

This very different and almost abstract painting is a very close composition of a blender. The old blender with its chrome surface and very retro handle takes on an almost surreal and abstract design. I used all sorts of colors to develop this design.



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Coffee and Creamer

This very cool tone and some what dark composition comprises of a coffee cup and creamer. The reflections in this painting play a crucial role in the design.


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Kitchen Art - Retro Blender

This painting takes me back to many years ago when this very retro blender was a common appliance in many American kitchens. I tried to capture the colors and design of the early 60's. The texture of the wall, the compositional angle and the warm tones are all meant to capture the feeling of this appliance in a this very retro painting.

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Cupcake with Rose Still Life

I am continuing my Food Series with another one of my cupcake paintings. This painting along with its companion on eBay are small but fun.



I am preparing for an art exhibition scheduled for sometime next fall. I rarely keep any paintings but now because of this opportunity I need to start. These small paintings of sweets, desserts and various other dishes, are sort of the subjects of my upcoming show. I may continue to keep them small because these paintings, if viewed in person, are like little shiny candies. I varnish these paintings and build up the surface so that they are like glass. The style is realistic but the realism is very simplistic. My intention is that they are playful and entertaining.

Retro Cake Mixer Painting

This painting on wood illustrates one of those objects that are totally retro. The color and the design is completely from the past. This pink cake mixer is one that many of us (old timers) who can remember our mother making cake and frosting for our birthday, holidays or just for fun. I've always been a sucker for cakes and sweets. I guess it reminds me of when we were young and free of responsibilities and inhibitions. I guess that sounds nostalgic, but that is what I am.

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Large Scale vs Small Scale

In recent weeks since I started painting smaller on poplar, I've been hit with emails by people asking why I don't paint larger. I have to admit, that my small paintings really don't photograph well on the screen and really doesn't display the richness and intimacy that the painting portrays. My little paintings for me are perhaps the most personal. They are tiny little mementos of bits of memory on a small scale. I am often reminded of some of the old masters (Flemish) who paint in small scale but never lose the perspective of fantastic detail. I am no different that other struggling artist who try so hard to display a passionate image on canvas or panel. "I try to paint a jewel". Ever since I was in College and majoring in Print Making, I have loved to paint great detail. Now my work is more lose but not free of detail - detail in the brush stroke. I will paint larger soon - perhaps very large - just for a change of pace. Oh well...enough of this - I felt like I had to explain this to myself and others.