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Original Oil Painting on Board<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Size Framed:<\/strong> 41cm wide x 41cm high<\/p>\n\n\n\n Price: SOL<\/mark><\/strong>D<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n A generous cluster of green grapes draped over a wedge of cheese, a simple wooden ledge, a folded cloth, and a glass of white wine catching the light. Against a deep velvety background, each element takes on a presence that asks you to slow down and savour a small, elegant moment. SOLD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1135,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,27],"tags":[216,205,70,154,309,6,50,167,179,25,223,310],"class_list":["post-1134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-paintings","tag-cheese","tag-classic-still-life","tag-fruit","tag-grapes","tag-green-grapes","tag-oil-painting","tag-painting","tag-roger-young","tag-roger-young-artist","tag-still-life","tag-traditional-oil-painting","tag-white-wine"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rogeryoungartist.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/White-Wine-Grapes-and-Cheese-1000.jpg?fit=1000%2C987&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8x6Aa-ii","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rogeryoungartist.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rogeryoungartist.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rogeryoungartist.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rogeryoungartist.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rogeryoungartist.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1134"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rogeryoungartist.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1155,"href":"https:\/\/rogeryoungartist.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134\/revisions\/1155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rogeryoungartist.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rogeryoungartist.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rogeryoungartist.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rogeryoungartist.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
What I wanted to capture: How light transforms ordinary surfaces; the translucence of grape skins, the subtle sheen on the wine, the porous softness of the cheese, and the cool smoothness of glass.
Balance through restraint: negative space amplifies the objects, while the cloth\u2019s soft folds and the wood\u2019s texture ground the composition.
A triangular flow leads the eye: grapes flow from left to centre, meet the cheese, and continue to the glass on the right. It\u2019s calm and deliberate.
Textural contrast keeps the scene alive \u2014 glossy fruit, matte rind, reflective wine, and the cloth\u2019s gentle folds \u2014 each surface contributing its own tactile story.
The dark background heightens colour and form, letting the pale yellows and greens read fresh and luminous.
I was pleased with how this painting turned out. It has achieved the objectives that I aimed for. I was particularly pleased with how the composition works, interesting and balanced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"