still lifes — Ron Maki

* Grandma's favorites. (Click on any image to read about it)

16x20 oil on canvas board. 2015?

My Grandma's (Tillie Koykka) kitchen tools from the 1940's

Private collection: Avondale, Arizona

* Wine and Oranges

11x14? Oil on canvas board 2015?

Private collection: Albuquerque, New Mexico

Frame made by Ron Maki

Momentos From Grandpa's Farm

16x20 oil on canvas board 2013

Blue Vase and Oranges

12x16 oil on canvas board. 2012

The Burnt Nose Buddha

12x9. oil on canvas board. 2012. Frame made by Ron Maki

This was my incense burner back in my hippie days. I bought it in 1971 and painted it. Just a month ago I put gold leaf on it. It's well traveled. It's lived in Hazel Park MI, Madison Heights MI, Troy MI, Pittsburgh PA, New York City, and Back to Troy MI. I guess it's a Family Heirloom now!

Blue Crock and Apples

14x18. Oil on canvas board. 2012

This is one of my favorite still lifes, it's my grandma's blue crock, from their farm in Elo Mi. She made the most delicious apple pies from Transparent apples from the orchard on the next 40 (acres) that my Dad owned. Transparent apples don't keep long in storage, that's why you'll never see them in a store. But they make the perfect apple pie!

Buddha in the Box

16x20. Oil on canvas board. 2013

Another favorite still life of mine. A wooden box from Grandpa's farm and the Buddha incense burner from my hippie days.

Still Life with set-up #1

16x16. Oil on canvas panel. 2012

This is a still life painting to the left on this picture. On the right side is the actual set-up that I painted from!

Still Life with set-up #2

10x10. Oil on canvas panel. 2012

Another still life painting on the left, and the actual set-up I painted from to the right.

Still Life with set-up #3

11x14 (?). Oil on canvas panel. 2012

Yet another still life painting (on the bottom) and the set-up I painted from - on the top.

Van Gogh Style

17x14. Oil on canvas panel. 2016

This one reminds me of Van Gogh"s paintings. I think I painted it from a still life in about half an hour.

Grandpa's Things

18x14. Oil on canvas board. 2012

Buddha and the African Violet

18x24. Oil on canvas. 2013

A still life painting of my Buddha incense burner, my African violet plant, oriental style vase and an old wooden box. Also a photo of the actual set-up.

Grandma Hawke's 1930's Stuff

16x20. Oil on canvas panel. 2013

Grandma's Coffee Pot

16x20. Oil on canvas panel. 2013

My Grandma's old percolator coffee pot from the 1930's I believe. She made the best coffee I've ever had in my life. Along with her home made cinnamon bread (fresh baked in a wood kitchen stove) there was nothing better. She was the best cook I've ever known.