Friday, October 17, 2008

Friday Quote

Things That Go Bump In The Night. 1990. Oil on canvas, 70 x 42"
Plantains in a Box. 1969. Oil on canvas. 44 x 44"

Skowhegan Water Glasses. 1973. Oil on canvas, 42 x 40".

"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Janet Fish is great at finding something sublime in the ordinary. The plantains and water glasses are nice examples. Her object-filled vignettes are also stunning and lead the eye through to page over and over again!