The Hunter: cup and saucer (with books)

Blue and white cup and saucer
30 x 30cm, acrylic on canvas

This cup and saucer was bought from an op shop ages ago. It has been on my 'discard' list for some time but it seems to survive all purges. It is English china made by MYOTT, with a blue and white pattern called The Hunter.

You discover when you attempt to make a ceramic cup how important handles are. This cup has an elongated handle and although you can't get your finger through it, you can balance the cup between your second and third fingers using the bottom of elongated handle.It might sound complicated but our hands do it naturally. Try holding some of your own cups and see what I mean.

Happy Birthday, blue and white china with books by elizabethgw

Orange cup 'n' saucer

old cup and saucer,
acrylic on canvas, 25 x 25 cm.

There is a lot of purple in the pattern on this old cup and saucer, but somehow I think of it as orange.

There is a chip on the saucer, but I love it anyway.  It was in my mother's cupboard and I think it once belonged to my grandmother who loved and collected old/antique ceramics; most of the pieces she collected were chipped or mended as she had a robust family of four.

Painting: still life

Cup and saucer, green with dots
Acrylic on canvas, 30 x 25 cm

When you travel in the company of someone who doesn't paint, you tend not to paint very much yourself.   I did very little painting in Europe and arrived home with a need to paint that has resulted in small pictures of favorite things.

Here is my green cup and saucer.