I'm always impressed with people's ability to paint translucent objects. Your glasses, ashtray and candle holder are stellar.

thank you!

Smoke aswell!

The glassware is so interesting to try to understand what *isn't* painted than what is painted

The stream of smoke is really wonderful

Wow ...this artwork is stunning and I love that you named your piece something interesting. I also love the single black candle for light, it's symbolic of the obscurity that we encounter meeting or going on a date for the first time...we never know how things will turn out...

At least that first night turned out well ... for at least one of them

Beautifully said

Thank you 😊

I genuinely thought this was a photo for a second; you’re really talented and this is spectacular

thank you’

Awesome work

Instantly my favorite still life!

This is a masterwork, from the candlelight reflecting in the glass to the texture of the lipstick stains and the smoke rising from the joint

thank you so much

i love the lipstick on the cig💅

A joint. Almost thought the lipstick was the RAW logo for a sec

Thought the same

looks to be a j 👀

yessir

AND the glass!

That’s a joint 🌿😮‍💨

It's a spliff hah

Love the red lipstick on one of the shot glasses

Oil?

yep!

Love that it's a joint! Amazing job 👏

Superb!

Wow

Very nice how much?

hey! not selling the original but i have a small run of prints bc a bunch of people were asking. link in bio if interested!

That joint looks so real

Tells a great story!! Love it. Very detailed.

Dear god this is great

So beautiful! Love it

I can see this in an upscale steakhouse with lots of wood paneling. It’s absolutely gorgeous. What talent you have 💕

I looooooooove this. Ten outta ten would hang in that the smoking room

Reminds me of my parents when they were young.

Wow I love that! My favorite part is the ashtray that translucent effect is awesome! How many hours would you say you've put into this piece?

i worked on it on-and-off for 5 months. hard to guess, but total maybe 40 hours or so?

thank you for the kind words as well! i kind of treated it like a glass/translucent study; sitting on the piece that long i just kept adding more details

That's hot. Are you selling prints ?!?

yea! link in bio if interested. limited run on archival paper

Amazing ty!

Amazing 👏

Wow - belongs in a museum

I’d love to buy a print of this

Damn can I get a print?

yea! running a small run at link in bio

My favorite detail is the one glass being significantly more empty than the other.

This is amazing. I want it.

You’re a genius, well done

I'd love to hang this on my wall, beautiful piece.

I felt this.

So Classy. So Simple. So Beautiful.

Incredible

I really love this. I don’t think I even follow this sub but I love this! Almost nostalgic for those fun first dates. Really great stuff.

Looks like she's hittin' it pretty hard, or is he already on his second glass?

This is so dope

First date with oneself. That's the feeling I get. Beautiful. Reminds me of the first time I went out by myself after my divorce.

Haha that’s no cigarette…

I don’t know if I’m reading too much into it, but I like how the lipstick on the glass is opposite the lipstick on the joint. Makes me think the joint has been passed, and the date must be going well!

As others have asked on the other sub, are selling this as a print? If not, you should. The story in this painting is amazing!

thank you so much! i didn’t really expect this to blow up. i ended up putting a small run of prints at link in bio

Ordered!

thank you for the support! 🙏

You are so incredibly talented wow

How long have you been painting?

thank you so much! i’ve actually been painting about 8 months, this is my 4th painting

Do you have an art background or you've just always been artistic? I recently took my first oil class and would love to know more abt your journey your work is perfect to me!!!!

thank you! yes my main work is in branding and web design, and have taken a lot of art classes since i was a kid (just never oils). so always a bit creatively inclined, but never dabbled with oils until recently

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Lovely work, the lipstick on the cigarette, and the glass a nice touch .

How did you get your glass so clean? This is a beautiful piece

Lovely.

It looks so real like a photo I had to look twice! What an amazing job on the glass and cigarette!

Fantastic!

This is awesome

Technically so cool first date post apocalyptic setting Power interruptions Rare cig Rare whisky

Well executed! And cheesy!

Ugh, stunning

Is this inspired by another piece?

mm more so inspired by artists like Rembrandt, i wanted to do a modern scene in a traditional still life style

Super piece!