The Radiant Tabletop, 2024

The impact of color, in my view, is endless it’s something that has a broad and rippling impact. In this still life the inspiration was simply to create a small painting and although I love working with vibrant color I did not have a specific pl...

The impact of color, in my view, is endless it’s something that has a broad and rippling impact. In this still life the inspiration was simply to create a small painting and although I love working with vibrant color I did not have a specific plan of how this would unfold. What I did know going into the painting was that I needed to stay engaged with the practice of painting for it’s nurturing qualities to continue. If you follow my work you will notice the some of the same objects. This painting is no different in that sense. The wine bottle, terracotta planter and decorative ceramic vase I’ve had for some years. They are “regulars” on my shelf of items to pull from for paintings. What’s new in this piece are the cloth and scarves that became inspiration for the background and foreground decoration. The lemon and red pepper add a slice of something “new”. I rarely work with a vision of the finished work in my mind, for me the process is an unfoldment where I must trust what this painting experience has to show me. This emerges in the simplistic style that leaves space for the unknown.