Thinking about metals...

Lately, I've been really interested in how metals reflect light and color. When working with a metallic piece, it takes on the qualities of the surrounding environment. While I tend to simplify the background of my still lifes, I like rendering metal pieces, like this stovetop coffee maker, because I know that even my presence is taken into account. For example, the vertical blue lines are from the blue jeans I was wearing. The orange? From the wooden tabletop upon which the coffeepot sat. If I had worn something different, or placed it on a different surface, this piece would not be the same.