For me, the challenge in drawing or painting a still life, be it a vase of flowers, a single piece of fruit, or an artful arrangement of objects is two-fold: the first is to always engage my subject with child-like wonder…as a single object of interest, study, devotion and communion, and as if my subject were the only world that exists; the second is communicate with every stroke in my finished piece my sense of excitement and discovery to the viewer of my art.