Cerises Rouges Gabriel Riesnert
This original still life oil painting by Gabriel Riesnert captures the timeless beauty of ripe red cherries arranged on a delicate white plate. Painted in 2025, the artwork combines classical still life traditions with a contemporary sensibility.
Created with oil on wood, this piece measures 24 x 18 cm (approximately 9.4 x 7 inches). The smooth wooden surface enhances the depth of color and texture, while the rich tones of crimson and burgundy cherries are brought to life through subtle highlights and refined brushwork. The composition balances realism and artistic expression, offering both warmth and elegance.
Riesnert’s work often explores everyday objects with a poetic eye, transforming simple subjects into timeless symbols of beauty and abundance. This painting of cherries evokes a sense of freshness and vitality, while also paying homage to the classic European tradition of still life.
Born in 1970, Gabriel Riesnert lives and works in Paris and south of France.
Since his early age Gabriel Riesnert has been fascinated by the beauty of plant forms and urban architectural lines. His passion pushes him to a practice of painting and drawing between photographic inspiration and urban realism. The artist’s consideration of painting is essentially turned to a representation of what we see and perceive of these forms, whether they provide a fiction or an impression of beauty, of serenity.
Beyond the visual, the creation of a work for Gabriel Riesnert is an interpretive experience and a journey intimately linked to space and time. His paintings often represent spaces and forms that are inspired by the tradition of the natural and architectural landscape. By enlarging details and creating a play of colors and shadows, the painter draws up a quest for the possible and a virgin path in the viewer’s eye.
Cerises Rouges Gabriel Riesnert