Neil Callander

Winter Geranium

Oil
Panel
40.5 x 51cm

“I construct elaborate setups and paint them through careful observation, focusing on the meanings objects collect post-consumption as they enter and participate in our lives. I sidestep Pop Art’s ironic vision, and instead borrow stylistically from Flemish Golden Age painters and offer comment on material abundance in American culture. Of particular influence is the master of the crowded market stall, Frans Snyders, who mixed symbols of life and death, while embracing nasty moments as part of a delightful whole.”