Table and Shelf: Paintings | Joe Morzuch
I am an observational painter working primarily with the still life. I paint in a responsive manner, directly from the motif. I depict arrangements of objects at or near life-size and within reach of the viewer. They are presented simply-unadorned and intimate.
Painting is a way of marking time. Time is the aggregate of painting. Adjustments of proportion, tone, and color create an articulation of form built on extended observation. My paintings retain traces of these revisions, functioning as both image and object. Focused observation is transformative, imbuing the ordinary with complexity and depth. The longer I look, the more I see.
Still life speaks to the passage of time, loss, and fragility. It is tied to the home, inseparable from domestic space and the intimate moments that comprise daily life. To engage with the mundane is a kind of reanimation, an affirmation of a subject’s continued significance regardless of age or condition.
