What Is It about Eggs?
Eggs in paintings are irresistible. Their shape, range of subtle colors, and ways of reflecting light and casting shadows all easily engage painters and viewers. Eggs play well with others, both organic and inorganic objects. They inspire a variety of interesting still life compositions. And then there is their delicacy paired with a strong promise of life and good eating. Eggs suggest all kinds of meaning and narrative possibilities. Below is a slide show of egg paintings that have recently caught my eye.
The last of the slides is a painting on a plate by Lorenzo, a Mexican ceramic artist and architect I encountered in San Miguel de Allende. David says I never met a plate I didn't like. True, but these plates were especially fantastic.
Eggs are also very present in my own studio. Here are two recent egg paintings that will appear in an upcoming local art show in Pine Plains, hosted by the Friends of the Pine Plains Library, from June 3rd through 5th.
