Having explored  Landscape painting in the "Utopia" series, it seems a natural progression to start looking at the other "low end" of painting, the Still life. 

One of the greatest pressures on all of us is time. It is always a constant losing battle. Especially as an artist when you just want space and time to create, but also have to do annoying little things like put food on the table, pay the rent, etc (I know self indulgent moan) . Anyhow time is inescapable and seems an interesting subject matter to explore through my contemporary style of painting. Creating new versions of the traditional still life's. I having been looking at the Dutch paintings of the 16th Century, especially the " Vanitas" pieces, and it's comparison with today's alternative - advertising and fashion imagery.