More paintings from stone and linoleum blocks. The inspiration came from looking at collections of ancient glass bottles in the Princeton University Art Museum, the Metropolitan Museum, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Although I studied these collections, none of the bottles were exactly represented in the paintings. The closest representation is the Persian bottle that I saw in the Philadelphia Museum.
This one at right is only four inches square. The stamped design, which is barely visible, is the word for "honesty" in Chinese. Some others include this painting with a background stamped several times with the word for "flying." The stopper on the bottle reads "Good Health." I imagine the bottle must contain some curative elixir. Thinking of elixir, and Valentine's Day quickly approaching, I started thinking of that old song from the 1960's "Love Potion Number Nine." With that, I began to carve heart shapes out of linoleum and print those of paintings of little bottles. These too are small, no larger than 5" x 7." This would, however, make these little bottles actually life size, for the ancient perfume bottles that inspired them were about that size.
More paintings from stone and linoleum blocks. The inspiration came from looking at collections of ancient glass bottles in the Princeton University Art Museum, the Metropolitan Museum, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Although I studied these collections, none of the bottles were exactly represented in the paintings. The closest representation is the Persian bottle that I saw in the Philadelphia Museum. 
This one at right is only four inches square. The stamped design, which is barely visible, is the word for "honesty" in Chinese. Some others include this painting with a background stamped several times with the word for "flying." The stopper on the bottle reads "Good Health." I imagine the bottle must contain some curative elixir. Thinking of elixir, and Valentine's Day quickly approaching, I started thinking of that old song from the 1960's "Love Potion Number Nine." With that, I began to carve heart shapes out of linoleum and print those of paintings of little bottles. These too are small, no larger than 5" x 7." This would, however, make these little bottles actually life size, for the ancient perfume bottles that inspired them were about that size. 
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