I chose to paint this pottery because I find it challenging on a different level than flowers. Flowers lend themselves a forgiving form to the task of setting up a painting. Pottery, however, is something that is used so often that its forms are fixed within our minds, so that much of the time spent executing a painting is in the set up of the composition. I tried to exploit the simple elegance of the composition of forms while giving it the look of an ethereal glow. I love black backgrounds; I feel it draws more focus onto the object itself. Support Art!!