Still Life
Not long after I painted the vegetable series, I was asked to display paintings in the shoppers' lounge of a major department store. Not only did it contain the restroom doors, but there was a large cigarette machine to contend with. So I decided to make a smoking/aesthetic statement, by collecting tossed wrappers from the parking lot near my studio and, again, dumping them on my table. Who now even remembers half these brands?
Cigarette Wrappers
Oil on linen
14" x 18"