A vase of flowers, but photographed from above. An alternative point of view that produces a simple graphic image. Almost abstract.
The flowers themselves are not visible and the dark stems are hardly a clue as to which flowers they are.
We see the almost colorless vase with a single flower and the stems projected as shadows at the bottom of the image. In the shadow we may recognize what kind of flowers are involved: lilies (Callas).
The dark edge of the vase subtly counterbalances the prominent dark flower stems.
I have made quite a series of these still lifes, each time with different vases and flowers. Sometimes very colorful, sometimes more subdued as in this work.
In the title of the work you can often recognize where or from whom I bought the vase. Or borrowed it.
After leaving the academy in 1984, I painted for many years. Since about twenty years I have really only made photographic works. Mostly still lifes with glass vases. Glass is a fantastic -but also difficult- material to photograph.
I like to put people on the wrong foot with my works...
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