Sometimes the most pleasing things are those found in simplicity. Zebra Vase — and its companion piece Lined Leaves — came from that feeling. A vase. Some branches. A surface to rest on. The oldest subject in drawing, made again.

What interested me was the tension between the two elements: the vase bold and geometric, its thick black stripes decisive and graphic; the botanical above it delicate and patient, each leaf individually rendered in fine hatching that builds texture without weight. One element drawn with confidence. The other with quiet attention. I find that dialogue — between the bold and the delicate, the geometric and the organic — to be where the work lives.

A spin on the traditional still life, drawn in archival ink and watercolour on paper. The watercolour lending atmosphere to what ink alone might have made too stark.

This work is available.