Oil Pastel Still Life by me (A still life is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or human-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes etc). Still life occupied the lowest rung of the hierarchy of genres, but has been extremely popular with buyers. This painting is a still life I did using oil pastel).