STILL LIFES

Still Lifes must stir some ancient desire to compete with the past masters of the art of depicting objects strewn or arranged on a table top. I found myself dredging up old and well-worn ideas of space, color and composition, none of which allowed for much fresh interpretation on my part. But it's what happened when one day I opted to paint bottles, fruit and assorted other things. Previously I had injected a human presence into a bowl of fruit by having a hand reaching in from outside the frame to snatch away an apple or orange. Now it was just me and the objects, no help from some odd narrative of a thief desperate for a little vitamin C. Here are three results.

Still Life with Candlestick, acrylic on paper, 2021

Still Life With Lighted Candle, acrylic on paper, 2021

Banana Monument, acrylic on paper, 2021