I wanted to take the idea of a conventional, staid still life and take it further - eventually, to an extreme. Abstract Reflections, taken in a small house in a French village called Cipieres, shows the beginning of the 'going wild' effect I'm hoping to reach, with recognisable jug and bottles, yet with the beginning of disintegrating objects - the oil bottle with stopper hidden on the right, the top of the jar becoming only a red circle.

Developing the idea produced wilder images. Chinoiserie was taken on the balcony of an apartment in Rome, in full summer light. I tried to use only objects found in the apartment, though sometimes cheated - for example by going out and buying the multi-coloured dried flowers. Using reflections in water and curved glass complicates the image.
 
Still Life with Duck, Pheasant and Pomegranate is one of a number of pieces that uses candlelight to recreate the doomladen, dark and dense compositions of Dutch and Spanish still lifes.