Tulips in a Faience Bowl by John Funt, 2025 (27" x 31")
Tulips in a Faience Bowl by John Funt, 2025 (27" x 31")
Tulips in a Faience Bowl by John Funt, 2025 (27" x 31")

Tulips in a Faience Bowl by John Funt, 2025 (27" x 31")

$6,500

27"H x 31"W framed

Oil on panel

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This is an original, one-of-a-kind painting by Norfolk, Connecticut-based artist John Funt entitled Tulips in a Faience Bowl, 2025.

From the artist: "When I found this tureen at a tag sale there were vestiges of green florists' tape and tiny scratches inside the bottom of the piece. I carry on the tradition of using it for arrangements--without the soup--and try in this painting to capture the lime and garnet tones of the tulips as they continue to grow in water."

About the Artist: John Funt

Born in 1953 in New York City, John is the son of the late Allen Funt, creator and longtime host of the TV program Candid Camera. John studied art with sculptor Rhys Caparn at the Dalton School in New York and with painter Joseph Slate at Kenyon College in Ohio. He later worked as a designer of events for The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and then as a designer for Tiffany & Company. For many years since, John has devoted himself to painting. He is based in Norfolk, Connecticut.

"I literally divide my time between the studio and the adjoining greenhouse and garden—both provide a needed refuge. I will take a plant cutting to the easel and paint/study it. I celebrate patterns in leaves, petals, textiles and happily disappear into the process!

So often a painting is a simplification of ideas. For me it is a process of editing and as such requires an initial complexity of color and detail which is painted over or refined. I seem to never tire of the simple forms of flower pots and vases and the elegance of leaves: green has always been the anchor."
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Collecting Vintage Frames

John harbors a love of vintage frames, which he finds add a collage element to his work. Vintage wood frames collected for their unique beauty are chosen by the artist specifically for each new painting.

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These paintings are inspired by my greenhouse and garden, primarily, and celebrate the palette I see in the plant world accentuated by each season.

John Funt

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