IT’S NOT A WRAP, 2016

This oil painting depicts a scene with two wrapped gift boxes. The background box is flat and two-dimensional, painted in a realistic style. It has a red ribbon tied around it. In front of it is a three-dimensional gift box that juts out from the...

This oil painting depicts a scene with two wrapped gift boxes. The background box is flat and two-dimensional, painted in a realistic style. It has a red ribbon tied around it. In front of it is a three-dimensional gift box that juts out from the canvas. This box is depicted in various stages of completion. Part of the box is painted a solid color and the beginning of a pattern, while other areas show the bare canvas. Pencil lines are visible on the box, suggesting the underlying sketch of the artist. Measurements are also faintly visible on the side of the three-dimensional box. The use of a flat, two-dimensional object placed behind a three-dimensional object in various stages of creation creates an illusion of the artist bringing the box to life on the canvas