Bits and Pieces
Please Come In I really like to notice bits and pieces of things around me. I think that may partly stem from loving still life painting, in particular Dutch and Flemish still life painting from the 1600s forward. I used to paint still life when I was painting in oils (yes, the plural is “still lifes” for you grammar purests). I was always, however, painting from someone else’s photograph. I know a good still life when I see it, but I always had a hard time setting them up myself. I find I have the same issue when trying to set up a still life for photos, so I need to work on that. I am, however, good at spotting the wonderful still life in nature - the random gull feather on the beach next to an interesting rock, for example. The other way I satisfy my craving for interesting arrangements is to capture bits and pieces of architecture. Door knobs, windows, old brick walls with interesting texture. The nice thing about architectural detail is your subject doesn’t move and it’s already “