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