Three Wine Glasses (1982)

$2,160.00
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When I painted Three Wine Glasses, I was thinking about how transparency can feel solid — how glass can hold weight through reflection, fragmentation, and the balance of forms. By reducing the composition to just these three glasses, I let light do most of the expressive work. Their edges, overlaps, and small distortions create a quiet tension that doesn’t need embellishment. The background carries a restrained surface, enough texture to anchor the scene without competing with the clarity of the forms. During this period, I was refining my modernist sensibility, paring things down so that light, structure, and spatial balance could carry the emotional weight. This painting sits squarely in that exploration — elegant, quiet, and distilled to essentials.

  • Dimensions: 16×20

  • Medium: Oil on canvas

  • Framing: Custom‑framed by me to complement my specific painting aesthetic.

When I painted Three Wine Glasses, I was thinking about how transparency can feel solid — how glass can hold weight through reflection, fragmentation, and the balance of forms. By reducing the composition to just these three glasses, I let light do most of the expressive work. Their edges, overlaps, and small distortions create a quiet tension that doesn’t need embellishment. The background carries a restrained surface, enough texture to anchor the scene without competing with the clarity of the forms. During this period, I was refining my modernist sensibility, paring things down so that light, structure, and spatial balance could carry the emotional weight. This painting sits squarely in that exploration — elegant, quiet, and distilled to essentials.

  • Dimensions: 16×20

  • Medium: Oil on canvas

  • Framing: Custom‑framed by me to complement my specific painting aesthetic.

Oil on canvas framed and ready to hang with hardware attached - 20”w x 16”h