At this stage I’ve completed most of the shadow work and under-painting, with some detail started on the camera, string and bowl.

This camera was inherited from a collection that my Grandfather had build over many years. The collection moved from shelves inside his house to needing its very own outhouse at the back of their old property.

He worked as a projectionist and later a technician at the local Tech. He could fix anything. Speakers, electrical circuits… you name it. His love of gadgets and waste not want not attitude of both my Nana and Popa have inspired this series of still life. The upturned bowl was one of a series that were used for the Christmas pudding each year. The granddaughters inherited them in hope of keeping the tradition alive.