Gallery
the space where something was
Salt and pepper
Oil on panel, 20cm wide x 20cm tall.
This picture is of a salt and pepper pot near the corner of a table. The scene is lit from a high 9 o-clock position. Most of the image is occupied by the table cloth, which I imagine to be white, though it is painted in a dark cream colour. We do not see any edges other than small sections of the front and right edges that run from the nearest corner. This is in the bottom right quarter of the image. From the corner of the table the front edge runs to the left, a little above horizontal. The right edge runs to the 2 o-clock position. There is a slight fold in the cloth as it hangs from the corner. The hanging cloth to the right of the corner is in deep shadow. The cloth hanging over the front of the table is quite brightly lit and matches the top in tone. The salt and pepper pot are just right of centre of the image, set back a short distance from the corner of the table. They are cylindrical, the lower (slightly less than) half is a dark brown/near black material, possibly wood. The upper part is a shiny metal, perhaps stainless steel. The salt pot has a single hole in the top centre and is directly to the left of the pepper pot, though they do not touch. The pepper pot has five smaller holes in the top, in a straight line, running north-west to south-east. The pots cause a dark shadow on the table cloth.