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Some artists believe that a work of art should speak for itself; that the audience will understand it according to their own personal experience. I find that understanding universal symbols connects us to something deeper. Learning about symbolic elements in art is a little like interpreting dreams.  Seeing the possibilities in the meaning of things can reveal a hidden story, and form a bridge that connects our experience to others.

I have begun work on the Still Life Lexicon, a series of paintings of objects that form the vocabulary of my still life paintings.  Each composition is based on an item that I paint frequently and is identified with a corresponding alphabet letter. These are objects that I love to use, the ones that hold a special significance.  In the Lexicon I hope to identify and explore the meaning and symbolism of the still life objects that I paint.

The Still Life Lexicon Paintings will be on exhibit a show at SYG later this year