I enjoy painting objects. This is especially so where the object has a life of its own and can be examined in its own world of silence and space. But objects can also be used as symbols and metaphors and are a practical way of commenting on current Australian social and political conditions.

To me, it seems more and more information is routinely concealed from us by those with power. We are told that things are presented clearly to us when often they are not. The objects I have painted have been chosen because they are ordinary, and might be found in almost any household, but I have tried to present them in ways where their meaning is ambiguous or partially concealed.

Michael Edwards, 2009

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Michael Edwards


Still Life with Clothes, Pegs and Line	Still Life with Object Wrapped in Blue and White Cloth	Still Life with Kitchen Utensils	Still Life with Package and Red Cloth


Still Life with Wrapped Object on Pedestal	Still Life with Teapot on Egyptian Cloth	Still Life with Seven Cotton Reels	Still Life with Cushion and Red Cloth


Still Life with Wrapped Object and Memling Cloth	Five O'Clock News	Still Life with Wrapped Object on Patterned Cloth II	Still Life with Wrapped Objectr on Patterned Cloth I


Still Life with House of Cards, Blank Cards and Glass Pedestal	Still Life with Object Wrapped in White Cloth on White Tablecloth	Fatty and Skinny	Still Life with Glass Jar and Straws


Still Life with Basket and Broken Eggs	The Young Merino	Still Life with Painting Wrapped in Newspaper	What Was the Point?


Still Life With Covered Object on Concrete	Still Life With Object Wrapped in Red Cloth	Sill LIfe With Three Wrapped Objects	Still Life With Broken Eggs