Gold Out of Darkness
Five glass bottles and a split pomegranate emerging from near-black shadow, lit by a single warm shaft and rendered in layered glazes.
Leaves and a Split Pomegranate
The dried twigs replaced by living foliage spilling from the bottle necks, with dewdrops, a beetle and a fly rendered in fine sable detail.
Crumbling Matter
The same arrangement built from thick granular scrubbed paint, crumbly close up and solid at a distance, under soft diffused daylight.
Dust on Everything
The same group stripped of gloss and reflection, reduced to chalky matte volumes in close-valued greys, ochres and putty.
Four in a Row
The bottles simplified to four, aligned along a bare stone ledge against an empty black void, carved into lit and shadowed halves.