Autumn still life

A distressed turquoise sideboard with two open cabinet doors and bare inner shelves displays a harvest of orange and red-orange pumpkins in several sizes, a green zucchini, two garlic bulbs, a small onion and a dark glass bottle, all set against a plain white paneled door in the background.

The warm oranges and reds of the squash play against the cool, chipped turquoise paint and the neutral white and grey surroundings, each vegetable modeled with smooth, tightly rendered highlights that bring out its sheen; the composition reads as a controlled, quietly festive study of autumn produce.