z SOLD ~ Chianti Wine, Cheese, and Grapes Still Life Oil Painting

Chianti Wine, Cheese, and Grapes SOLD - Oil on Canvas 30 x 25 cm (about 11 x 9.5 inches) Available and framed in white, distressed wood Private Collection, St. Augustine, Florida (USA)      Italy is renowned for its good quality food and drink.  This still life painting features a straw flask bottle of Chianti wine (a region in Tuscany), red beautifully painted grapes with flecks of red, blue, and violet, even touches of orange, and Parmesan cheese.  The green color in the wine bottle's label is balanced on the cut end of the branch for the cluster of grapes.      The effect of the cutting board of olive wood jutting out away from the wooden kitchen board below it, as well as the single grape near its edge, gives a feeling of impending movement or at least a bit of "whoa!"  The text on the bottle is painted such that you recognize it as text, but cannot read it clearly enough to make out the name.  Specially priced for a good home.      This 30 x 25 cm canvas, framed with a white di