Game: Spinning By: Carolyn Crampton

A balanced but unstable pile of antique chairs, and other metal fan, mop, wheel, with a Canadian goose, an open book, keys on lower left, realist but painterly, orange and gray tones.

About the Artist:
By portraying everyday objects in a realistic style, the common becomes nostalgic and humorous. Crampton is in a conversation with classical painters who treated their animal portraits with romanticism to sentimentalism to kitsch. She starts directly on canvas with a brush sketch, and then builds up the painting layer by layer, using a glazing technique to depict her imagery. The key color stripes are included to kill the illusion of space and to add a musical rhythm.