All That is Secret Original Oil Painting

Original Oil on Canvas
Framed in a champagne frame
51cm x 41cm
A vanitas painting.
The time is coming when everything that is covered up will be revealed, and all that is secret will be made known to all.
Luke 12:2

This painting is an example of vanitas or memento mori art.
The word Vanitas comes from the word Vanity and is used in the book of Ecclesiastes by king Solomon, " Vanity of Vanities ".
It is to remind the viewer that material things in life are transient, and the skull reminds us that life is really very short.
So perhaps Solomon is suggesting that we should concentrate on the lasting qualities in life like love and enjoy the fruits of our labour.

  Jacqueline Trice ~ Artist

I work mainly in oil with a passion for creating still life paintings that have a deeper meaning.

Added to my collection are pastel paintings featuring endangered and critically endangered wildlife.

Under the Rainbow Events have been a huge support by enabling me to showcase my art.

I have been selected for the Leisure Painter Exhibition at Patching’s Art Centre in 2024,2023,2022,2021,2020 and 2018 with a highly commended entry in 2019.

Also having entered artworks to the Sketch for Survival Competition run by the Explorers Against Extinction conservation charity I have been selected for the longlist in 2024, previously chosen as a finalist in 2022 and highly commended in 2021.

I am based in Kent and create unique pieces of art, undertaking commissions which include pet portraits.

My work is also included in private collections.