This ongoing series is a culmination of still life paintings that
explore the still life format on a number of levels.

Typically, the still life is an arrangement of inanimate objects
grouped together in a single composition. In the traditional still life
composition the placement of objects determines the importance of one
over another creating a hierarchy that is fixed, therefore, restricting
the way in which it can be read by a viewer.

I am interested in creating a still life with which a viewer feels more
inclined to interact. The installation of a group of painted, isolated objects
leads open the possibility of re-ordering, recomposing, and ultimately
determining themeaning. The meaning will vary according to each individual's
understanding of the objects creating a contemporary social context for
the objects.