PAINT CANS
Paint Cans Table Top, acrylic on canvas, 26 1/2" x 35 1/2", 1990
Paint Cans Squared, acrylic on canvas on bars, 13" x 14", 2000
Paint Cans Chartreuse, acrylic on canvas, 18 1/4" x 24 1/4", 2010
Paint Cans Red and Blue, acrylic on canvas, 14 1/2" x 15", 2005
Paint Cans & Brush, acrylic on Canvas, 12 1/2" x 21 1/2", 2000
Paint Cans Jumbled, acrylic on canvas, 13 1/2" x 21", 2000
Paint Cans Red Devil, acrylic on canvas, 14 1/4" x 15", 2005
Paint Cans in Black & White, acrylic on paper, 21 1/2" x 29", 2007
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Finding an appeal in the ordinary, Val Lewton thrilled to the challenge of creating beautiful paintings from the colorful paint cans strewn on his cluttered workbench. The palette of colors was a reminder of the latest design projects, the primed canvases, and the household projects of a consummately busy man. Other familiar materials served in his quest to demonstrate the beauty in the simple things around us. Common objects found on a kitchen countertop, the family table, or a studio shelf, with the help of his unfailing eye for composition and color, were painted as a still life.