Flowers scattered on cloth draped over wooden crates.

By definition, a still life is a composed variety of animate and inanimate, man-made and natural objects, like utensils, foliage, fruit and animals, that are arranged by the artist in a unique way. This is where the art of the still life really begins. Each selection of seemingly random objects were hand-selected by the artist, often for very specific reasons. Still life paintings are rich with symbology, a visual language that uses ordinary objects to convey a deeper meaning. Even the smallest of details can reveal a hidden world of deeper meaning.