Here’s a quick iPhone snap of what I’ve been working on today — antique and vintage bottles in a variety of shapes — for my upcoming July 2015 show at the Elliott Fouts Gallery.

The shapes, refractions, reflections, highlights on the glass surface are all abstract shapes. When you focus on 1″x 1″ areas on a painting, it really does start to feel abstract. Of course, with my work, a glance at the entirety shows that it’s straight-up realism.