My newest collection is a series of 9 still lifes entitled Remembrances.
I started this collection by gathering various objects that I found particularly beautiful or held special meaning to me. Combined with various fruits, plants, and, yes, even a lobster, I set up over a dozen different arrangements in my studio, photographing each meticulously until I found my favorite compositions to capture with paint.
Objects are just things until they are assigned meaning: a bowl that was my grandmother’s, an artisan-made pitcher from my mother, a shell found during a walk on my favorite beach.
They are little moments remembered: beauty plus meaning, captured for all of time.
Created with layers of paint, inspiring color, and the occasional paint drip, these pieces are a study in contrasts: thin pencil lines against washes of pigment, crisp shadows against visible brushstrokes, and hard, shiny objects against loose and soft layers. Blending reality and fiction, these works are a lovely reminder of things and times past. A remembrance, created out of paint.
Remembrances is available in my shop and through Liz Lidgett Gallery.
photos by Anna Meyer Photo
I am excited to be part of Art of Pink in National Landing! My work is part of the BLOOM art exhibition alongside dozens of local artists.
Come check it out Friday, April 11 in Arlington, Virginia!
